fiction and non-fiction books
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:…
[ST Ref: PT-B1-C4_220625: ‘Planetoid Trilogy’, ‘Star Island’, Chapter Four: “Dry River Cave”.] New Character SP: Barrie, in Chapter Four of ‘Star Island‘, the first book of your Planetoid Trilogy, you introduce a new character, Dr James Anderson, Jimmy, to his friends. I can understand you having such a character in an adventure story about an…
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[ST Ref: PT-B1-C1_220512: ‘Planetoid Trilogy’, ‘Star Island’, Chapter One: “Oblivion”.] A key element in Chapter One, “Oblivion”, of my first ‘Planetoid Trilogy‘ book, ‘Star Island‘, is the ‘calibration test of the MiniAXE apparatus’. Effectively it is a science experiment. Today we take for granted that scientists and engineers use experiments to rigorously test their scientific…
What has the Fermi Paradox have to do with the Planetoid Trilogy?