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Life's Corporate Memories    by Neil Christianson
Price: $3.00 USD. 58950 words. Published on June 6, 2010. .

If privileged to talk to Life's Corporate Memories, you would expect them to talk about you; they do, but they also talk about constituents of nebulae, how planetary bodies form, a lateral acceleration overlooked in the flattening equation, the need to get off this planet, the cause of global warming and our death in the coming Ice Age; that is what they talked about with me, a ragamuffin refuge.
Sortir de l'impasse (2)    by Lundi
You set the price! 1050 words. Published on May 13, 2011. .

Quatrième billet de la série consacrée à l'absence de prospective en politique. Mise en perspective du phénomène d'accélération de la société occidentale et de ses conséquences. Importance de l'investissement dans la culture et l'éducation, les nouvelles sources d'énergie, pour favoriser l'arrivée d'une nouvelle Renaissance à l'issue du nouveau Moyen Âge qui s'annonce.
No Future ?    by Lundi
You set the price! 1100 words. Published on May 27, 2011. .

Sixième et dernier billet de la série consacrée à l'absence de prospective en politique, notamment dans le domaine de l'énergie. Après les aspects techniques, le volet politique : quelles sont nos options ? Accélérer de nouveau... ou ralentir la machine ? Mais dans quelles conditions ? Après « l'enfer » du nouveau Moyen Âge, n'avons-nous le choix qu'entre la peste et le choléra ?
Bilan 2011, perspectives 2012    by Lundi
You set the price! 1420 words. Published on January 13, 2012. .

Les prévisions que nous avions dressées en janvier 2011 se sont-elles avérées justes ? Et quelles sont nos perspectives pour 2012 ? Accélération de la vitesse d'évolution de notre civilisation, effondrement du dollar, crise chinoise, accroissement de la puissance et du rôle des très grandes entreprises : autant de « facteurs-clés » que nous analysons.
TGE : les maîtresdu jeu    by Lundi
You set the price! 1550 words. Published on January 28, 2012. .

Cronos, qui dévorait ses enfants, Darwin, ou la sélection naturelle, Crésus, le symbole de la richesse : tels sont les « maîtres du jeu » des très grandes entreprises (TGE). Pourquoi, comment, quelles conséquences ? C'est ce que nous nous efforçons d'analyser.
Mechanics Principles V10    by Clive W. Humphris
Price: $2.99 USD. 14220 words. Published on April 5, 2012. .

Mechanics Principles V10. A combined eBook and educational software package at a tiny fraction of the previously published price.
Mechanics V10 Home Study    by Clive W. Humphris
Price: $2.99 USD. 14380 words. Published on November 13, 2012. .

The eptsoft Home Study eBook series covers all the topics of these popular software titles used in schools and colleges worldwide for over twenty years thereby providing an easy and enjoyable way of learning. Now published as a portable, learning, reference and subject revision guide students can have their own low-cost version as an eBook or tablet application.
Fast Things in the Solar System    by William Haloupek
Price: $0.99 USD. 7090 words. Published on December 31, 2012. .

Some amazingly fast and surprisingly slow things move on Earth and in the rest of the solar system. We begin with some Earthly examples, including World speed records of various kinds, and progress toward faster things, moving among the planets.
Calculations for Science Fiction Writers/Space Travel with Constant Acceleration – The Nonrelativistic Case    by William Haloupek
Price: $0.99 USD. 2710 words. Published on January 30, 2013. .

This article explains basic calculations related to constant acceleration. It should be of interest to science fiction writers who want to make their stories realistic, and to anyone interested in space travel, real or fictional. The number of scary looking equations is kept to a necessary minimum. I just give you the equations you need, with no calculus or vectors required. (online version bad)
Calculations for Science Fiction Writers/Circular Orbits    by William Haloupek
Price: $0.99 USD. 3840 words. Published on January 30, 2013. .

Circular orbits are the simplest kind, and some quick and easy calculations will make your science fiction stories involving planets and satellites a lot more credible. Circular motion, in general, can be described without calculus and vectors. All you need is a calculator. (Exponents don't come out right in the online version.)