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Art in Renaissance Venice
History & The Arts

Art in Renaissance Venice

...astronomy, geometry, divinity, and other such faculties, and sometimes of his worldly affairs, to sit and confer with him’. 45 The point is not, therefore, that Mehmet’s learning (nor indeed Henry VIII’s) was incompatible with brutality, but that Mehmet’s identity was being constructed not as an alien despot, but as a characteristically Renaissance prince. 46 One...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
The search for water on Mars
Science, Maths & Technology

The search for water on Mars

...Astronomy catalogues are also available (for example NASA’s Night Sky Planner or In-The-Sky.org) to find out when and where Mars (or any other astronomical object) is visible. As humanity pushes its boundaries to beyond our own planet, Mars has become a primary target for exploration. In this course, you will learn more about some of these exploration efforts,...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
What is Europe?
Society, Politics & Law

What is Europe?

...astronomy and so on and played a crucial role in the Renaissance. To those who wish to emphasis Russia’s otherness, I would emphasise against that it’s hard to think of European culture without thinking of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky and Tchaikovsky and Mussorgsky and Shostakovich and Russian ballet is the greatest sort of ballet by anyone’s judgement in Europe. So...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Succeed with maths: part 2 Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Succeed with maths: part 2

...Astronomy workshop (2007) 'Scientific notation' [Online]. Available at http://janus.astro.umd.edu/cgi-bin/astro/scinote.pl (Accessed 13 November 2014). Growndodo (2002) '100,000,000,000,000 Sonnets' [Online]. Available at http://www.growndodo.com/wordplay/oulipo/10%5E14sonnets.html (Accessed 13 November 2014)...Week 5: More power: Acknowledgements - This course was...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Infection and immunity
Health, Sports & Psychology

Infection and immunity

...astronomy and earth science many of which are also built into the learning experience on our modules. When you first access the tool you will be prompted to either sign in (if you are already an Open University student), or to register with your email address to create an account free of charge. This only takes a few minutes to do and the website will guide you through...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Moons of our Solar System Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Moons of our Solar System

...Astronomy Number 5, The Rotating Moon. Whenever you look at the Moon from Earth, it always looks similar. Different parts are illuminated at different times, but oddly, we always see the same features. The Moon never turns its back on us, much like the rules of etiquette when you visit the Queen. So does this mean the Moon doesn’t rotate? Well, no, because then as it...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
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Education & Development

Taking your first steps into higher education

...astronomy or biology, experiments more often start from observing the world outside the laboratory, and then testing ideas or theories against those observations. The aim is to understand the world around us, to know how things work. If the aim of science is to comprehend the world, the aim of technology is to change it. Technology uses knowledge to achieve a practical...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Introduction to differentiation
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to differentiation

...astronomy, probability and number theory. He was appointed as a professor of mathematics at the Royal Artillery School in Turin at the age of only 19, and was a dedicated and prolific mathematician for the rest of his life, working mainly in Turin and Berlin. [Described image] Joseph-Louis Lagrange (1736–1813) To see how derivatives are written in Leibniz notation,...
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Level 1: Introductory 18 hrs