Simulations and Reality in WYSIWYG Universes    by Andrew Burt
Price: $3.99 USD. 4260 words. Published on February 28, 2011. .
We're living in a Simulated Universe? Are you sure? And if we're _not_...

FRIENDLY F# with game development and XNA    by Giuseppe Maggiore
Price: $7.49 USD. 29940 words. Published on August 16, 2011. .
In this book we present the functional language F# with a particular focus on fun applications such as simulations and games. We will see a series of entertaining examples: a bouncing ball, the Saturn V rocket, an asteroid field and a starship battle. In the last two chapters we will build a rendering system in XNA that renders the previous samples in 2D and 3D with input and audio.

Chapter 10 - reactor (3ds Max 2010 Architectural Visualization)    by CGschool (Formerly 3DATS)
Price: $2.99 USD. 9580 words. Published on September 25, 2012. .
REACTOR IS AN INTERACTIVE PHYSICS engine from Havok that was integrated into 3ds Max 6 and has since become a robust and efficient way for creating all kinds of dynamic simulations in 3ds Max. Thanks to reactor, many animators and visual FX artists from all over the world were finally able to create believable and realistic dynamic animations in an extremely short amount of time.

An Introduction to the Physics of Sports    by Vassilios McInnes Spathopoulos
Price: $9.80 USD. 24420 words. Published on February 12, 2013. .
How are Newton’s laws connected to football? What is the relationship between figure skating pirouettes and rotational motion? With the help of simple simulations it is easily appreciated that science defines the performance of athletes, whereas at the same time the reader is introduced to basic physics concepts in a novel and pleasant way.