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Le Corbusier
History & The Arts

Le Corbusier

...Le Corbusier] Date: (1887 - 1965) Nationality: Swiss Famous Buildings: L'Esprit Nouveau Pavilion (Paris) Villa Savoye (Poissy) Unité d'Habitation (Marseilles) L'Esprit Nouveau Le Corbusier is without doubt the most influential, most admired, and most maligned architect of the twentieth century. Through his writing and his buildings, he is the main player in the Modernist...
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Julian Le Grand
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Julian Le Grand

Sir Julian Le Grand is Professor of Social Policy at the Marshall Institute, LSE.
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Half man, half circuit: Who are the people who are choosing to become cyborgs?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Half man, half circuit: Who are the people who are choosing to become cyborgs?

Do the people who claim to be the first of a new human/machine hybrid genuinely represent a new way of living - or are they wrong? Frieda Klotz went to the Cyborg Fair to find out...Michael Bareev-Rudy never expected to have his finger implanted with a magnet. But in November 2015, the 18-year-old decided to embed a 3 mm x 1 mm magnet in his index finger at an event...
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Crime fiction in French: le polar français
Languages

Crime fiction in French: le polar français

...polar, crime fiction, is the most popular literary form in France. In this free course, you will discover the origins and development of French crime fiction, along with its current status, before reflecting on whether it is simply mass entertainment or, rather, genuine literature of quality. You will discover some important authors and work on extracts from some
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Dame Stella Rimington on John le Carré
History & The Arts

Dame Stella Rimington on John le Carré

British author and former Director General of MI5, Dame Stella Rimington, tells us why she thinks John le Carré is the master of the spy novel in Cold War times and draws on her own experience...Transcript This video was taken from exclusive behind-the-scenes footage of OU/BBC co-production Sleuths, Spies and Sorcerers: Andrew Marr's Paperback Heroes. More on spy novels
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Llywio drwy les: Edrych ar iechyd meddwl a lles
Health, Sports & Psychology

Llywio drwy les: Edrych ar iechyd meddwl a lles

...les’: Cyflwr lles ble mae pob unigolyn yn cyflawni eu potensial, yn gallu ymdopi gyda straen arferol bywyd, yn gallu gweithio’n gynhyrchiol ac yn llwyddiannus, ac yn gallu cyfrannu at gymdeithas. Mae’n gyflwr o les corfforol, meddyliol a chymdeithasol llawn, nid absenoldeb salwch neu wendid yn unig. Er bod canmol i’r diffiniad hwn, bu rhywfaint o feirniadaeth...
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Reflections on the Glasgow City Council equal pay dispute
Society, Politics & Law

Reflections on the Glasgow City Council equal pay dispute

...bb]Striking Glasgow Council women workers marching in the city. [mm]Striking women workers in George Square, Glasgow [bb]Campaign materials and images on display at Glasgow City Unison office. References, sources and links The fight for equal pay: Glasgow City Council, 2018 - OpenLearn - Open University
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Does nanotechnology offer a better way of dealing with electronic waste?
Science, Maths & Technology

Does nanotechnology offer a better way of dealing with electronic waste?

...circuit boards (PCBs) are best recycled by pulverising them into nanosized particles to easily recover valuable constituents such as polymers, oxides and metals, say Indian researchers. The new method, described in a study published in Materials Today in March, is scalable and environment-friendly, said researchers from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore,...
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