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After his China book was published here on Amazon, Mathew has been working on a new book that describes the big picture of our existence, its diverse life and civilizations, and the chance for life and civilization elsewhere in the cosmos. You can learn more about it at: OurCosmicStory.com

Amazon Best Seller - #1 in Astronomy, Astrophysics & Space Science, and Cosmology"This book is a great intro to the topics of human civilizations throughout history, sustainability of our world, and astrobiology - covering the formation of life on Earth, the future of life, and explores the search for life elsewhere in the Universe. " - Amazon reviewOur Cosmic Story is a big picture view of our Universe and the potential it has for life and civilization. We start by looking back at the story of Earth and its great civilizations, understand how life itself evolved Homo sapiens, review the challenges and risks that a species entails in developing a civilization and growing into a space-fairing entity, and then explore the makeup of the Universe to gain insight into the chance of other sentient creatures living elsewhere. The quest to reach beyond the confines of our world is a natural consequence of being a very small part of a grand and dynamic Universe. Looking up at the sky instills within us some expectation that we are not alone, and we wonder if there is not something amazing happening out there somewhere. This sense of awe may not be exclusive to Earthlings; for in a galaxy truly far away, there could be creatures with similar musings as they peer towards our corner of the Universe. The idea that we share a common experience with others in the cosmos is something to keep in mind while reading this book. Chapter OverviewIntroductionChapter 1: Setting the Stage for Life and CivilizationChapter 2: Evolution and the Building Blocks of LifeChapter 3: The Rise of Civilization on EarthChapter 4: The Engine of Modern CivilizationChapter 5: A House of Cards: The Downfall of CivilizationChapter 6: Exploring the CosmosChapter 7: The Boundaries of HabitabilityChapter 8: The Scale of ThingsChapter 9: Is Anybody Out There? Summary“The surface of the Earth is the shore of the cosmic ocean. From it we have learned most of what we know. Recently, we have waded a little out to sea, enough to dampen our toes or, at most, wet our ankles. The water seems inviting. The ocean calls. ” - Carl Sagan

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Category: Nonfiction; Science & Math

The Legacy of Civilization is a science fiction short story of a lonely and worn out soldier seeking desperately to preserve the worlds history and culture for all time. The soldier ultimately views the effort as futile and only a preoccupation of his time, until he experiences the grandest of opportunities ever to be realized by another human being. EPIGRAPH"Trevor was obsessed with the idea that humanity needed to survive, if not to simply escape the eventual death of the sun. The great archives were an effort in preserving civilization’s legacy, to ensure priceless information that would help future generations understand and appreciate what came before them would always be available. To lose everything to time is the ultimate enemy that he saw as unconscionable, especially if the loss was civilization’s own fault, or heaven forbid, from Trevor’s filing errors here in the archives. "Visit www. mathewanderson. com/blog for more stories and an upcoming book by the author!

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Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy

Quantum Worlds is a science fiction short story of two individuals witnessing what at first appears to be the inconceivable results of an exotic experiment into the quantum realm, but is more terrifyingly real than they could have imagined. In the story, a professor and a military guardsman, both great friends from years past, come together after a military experiment opens up a portal into another universe, but with disastrous results. The guardsman escapes the ensuring chaos, reaching out to his professor friend, only to realize that his friend is working toward the same results that he first witnessed in the disaster. EPIGRAPH"What one expects to find under the microscope in the quantum realm is not what Alexander discovered one day in his laboratory. As an old friend shows up and tells a tale of secret military experiments into the quantum realm, they quickly unravel one of the greatest, and dangerous, paths to exploring inhabited worlds in other dimensions. "Visit www. mathewanderson. com/blog for more stories and an upcoming book by the author!

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Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy