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Unscramble the clue to The Code Production team

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

27 July 2011

Got your free mathematical puzzle? One of the clues to The Code Treasure Hunt can be found by unscrambling the puzzle on this page.  Read more : Unscramble the clue to The Code

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OU on the BBC: The Code Copyrighted Image BBC

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

27 July 2011

A mysterious code underpins the world. But what does it mean and what can we learn from it? In this BBC...  Read more : OU on the BBC: The Code

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Pi postcard solution Copyrighted Image The Open University / Karen Parker

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

25 July 2011

Read on to discover the solution to ‘the mouse problem’, which is stated on our pi postcard.  Read more : Pi postcard solution

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OU on the BBC: The Story of Maths - The Language of the UniverseOU

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

12 July 2011

Marcus du Sautoy shows how numbers underpin the universe.  Read more : OU on the BBC: The Story of Maths - The Language of the Universe

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Bang challenge: Escape the airtight room Featuring: activity, The Open University

By The Bang Goes The Theory web team (The Open University)

24 August 2009

Trapped, and your oxygen is running out. Can your science skills get the door to this airtight room to open in time?  Read more : Bang challenge: Escape the airtight room

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Happy Ada Lovelace Day!Creative Commons Image Wikimedia

By Mike Richards (The Open University)

24 March 2009

An intriguing story of Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage, and their role in the 19th century development of the computer  Read more : Happy Ada Lovelace Day!

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We can read your mind Featuring: video, The Open University

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

24 March 2009

In this video it seems as though your mind had been read – but how is that possible? Discover the magic of maths  Read more : We can read your mind

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Mathematical striptease Featuring: video, The Open University

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

05 February 2009

Does maths get your knickers in a twist? Watch this video to see how maths can hold the solution to some everyday problems  Read more : Mathematical striptease

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Probability compared Featuring: activity, photos.com

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

26 November 2008

Chance is a strange business. You know that you're going to die someday – you know that it's hugely unlikely that you'll be killed by...  Read more : Probability compared

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How much home do you own?Creative Commons Image By Images_Of_Money via Flickr under Creative Commons license

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

26 November 2008

You pay your mortgage, month-in, month out - but how much home do you own?  Read more : How much home do you own?

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As the Olympic flame wings its way around the UK, the OU's Aarón Alzola Romero asks: just how immemorial is the Olympic torch relay?

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