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‘Life has Chiralty’ is Part Seven of our ‘Life’ Series In this post, Life has Chiralty, we continue our series on “Life” and our discussion of the ideas in Andy Pross‘s recent book, “What is Life?”. Life has chirality, or ‘handedness’. That is to say that many of the molecules found in living systems (biomolecules)…
‘Is Life in Equilibrium?’ is Part Six of our ‘Life’ Series In this post, Is Life in Equilibrium?, we continue our series on “Life” and our discussion of the ideas in Andy Pross‘s recent book, “What is Life?”. Pross introduced us to the idea that life’s organized complexity represents a thermodynamic puzzle. But related to…
‘Life is Dynamic’, is Part Four of our ‘Life’ Series In this post, Life is Dynamic, we continue our series on “Life” and our discussion of the ideas in Andy Pross‘s recent book, “What is Life?”. The non-living part of the Universe, the vast majority of the Universe, is static, unlike Life which is dynamic….
[ST Ref: PT-B1-C17_241028: ‘Planetoid Trilogy’, ‘Star Island’, Chapter Seventeen: “Nice” – Meeting in Nice] Nice, France, features in Chapter Seventeen of Barrie Cameron‘s first book, ‘Star Island‘, of his ‘Planetoid Trilogy‘ novel, published by Seaswell Publishing and available from Amazon. Meeting in Nice Deric and Artume Project’s MiniAXE team travel to Nice in search of…
[ST Ref: PT-B1-C12_240819: ‘Planetoid Trilogy’, ‘Star Island’, Chapter Twelve: “The Port”.] What is reality? This is one of the themes of “The Port”, Chapter Twelve of “Star Island” of the “Planetoid Trilogy“. In this chapter, Rebecca continues her adventures on Star Island. What is reality? But what is reality? The French existentialist, Jean-Paul Sartre, asked…
[ST Ref: PT-B1-C11_240812: ‘Planetoid Trilogy’, ‘Star Island’, Chapter Eleven: “Engineering Opinion”.] Engineering Opinion Meetings can be tedious, boring even. And having too many of them can be inefficient and counter productive. And so can having too many people involved when only those directly involved in the subject of the meeting should be attending. So, with…
[ST Ref: PT-B1-C8-1_240704: ‘Planetoid Trilogy’, ‘Star Island’, Chapter Eight: “Energy Matters”.] Post by: Barrie Cameron, author of ‘Planetoid Trilogy’. This present post carries on from a previous post that also concerned Chapter Eight: [ST Ref: PT-B1-C8_230818: ‘Planetoid Trilogy’, ‘Star Island’, Chapter Eight: “Energy Matters”.] This present post extends the issue of energy to the rest…
[ST Ref: PT-B1-C8_230818: ‘Planetoid Trilogy’, ‘Star Island’, Chapter Eight: “Energy Matters”.] Why is Energy Conserved? Our question in this blog post, ‘Why is Energy Conserved?‘, is inspired by the events in Chapter Eight, ‘Energy Matters’, of Barrie Cameron‘s novel, ‘Star Island‘. In Chapter Eight, one of the main characters, Deric, is investigating an inexplicable event….
What’s with kW and kWh? We see from time to time confusion in the media, traditional and internet, concerning the application of the measurement units: ‘kW’ and ‘kWh’. [This Post updated on 6/08/2023]. So what IS with kW and kWh? Power If you are familiar with the SI units of measurement you will know that…
