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Science Topics within the Seaswell Publishing website is a group of pages which feature science topics that are of interest to the publisher and its founder Barrie Cameron. Some of the science topics relate to important science themes within his science fiction books. Others relate to the website’s blog posts on particular scientific subjects.
[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…
Blog by Barrie Cameron, Author, in which he asks the question: Where will we encounter alien languages? Non-human languages Historically, at least in recent times, we have tended to assume that it is in space where we will first encounter alien languages. Or that news of it will come from space. But what are the…
Post by author Barrie Cameron: What is full sustainability? What is full sustainability? This post focuses on this question, and what is being undertaken to achieve it for our Biosphere. This post, “What is full sustainability?”, was inspired by reading a recently published science fiction book that has as its main theme the importance of…
[ST Ref: PT-B1-C7_220813: ‘Planetoid Trilogy’, ‘Star Island’, Chapter Seven: “Chance Meeting”.] Barrie Cameron makes reference to the Antikythera Mechanism in his science fiction novel, ‘Star Island‘. The reference relates to a gift, a watch, whose design is influenced by the Antikythera Mechanism. Origins of the Antikythera Mechanism The Mechanism was believed to have been built…
[ST Ref: PT-B1-C6_220802: ‘Planetoid Trilogy’, ‘Star Island’, Chapter Six: “Artume Project”.] Barrie Cameron has included a fictional space station in his science fiction novel, ‘Star Island’ (Book One of his Planetoid Triligy). He has located this large rotating station at the Earth-Moon L5 Lagrangian Point. He has created this L5 Space Station to provide a…
[ST Ref: PT-B1-C5-A_220725: ‘Planetoid Trilogy’, ‘Star Island’, Chapter Five: “Another Paris Meeting”.] Additional thoughts on Wormholes: SP: I understand, Barrie, that you have had some additional thoughts on our last Wormholes post. Hence this post: ‘Wormholes revisited’. BC: Yes, that’s correct, Ian. I was perhaps too reluctant to comment on a topic which is still…
[ST Ref: PT-B1-C5_220701: ‘Planetoid Trilogy’, ‘Star Island’, Chapter Five: “Another Paris Meeting”.] SP: Barrie, one of your characters in chapter 5 of your book ‘Star Island’ makes reference to wormholes. Do wormholes feature in your novel? BC: Are you asking me to release a spoiler, Ian? (frowns). SP: This could be a short interview. BC:…