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Music Printing
History & The Arts

Music Printing

...changed everything. This material forms part of TA212 Technology of Music... Music Printing A short introduction to this album Letter Press Technology Early music printing. The technological problems and solutions involved in making a complete line of music. Letter Press: an example A close inspection of Plantin's book shows how it all fits together on the page. The...
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Audio 28 mins
Facilitating creative thinking
Money & Business

Facilitating creative thinking

...change... Facilitating creative thinking An introduction to this album Warming up The facilitators focus on preparing the group for the creative problem-solving session. Exploring the problem What’s really behind the problem, and how does the facilitator steer the group? Generating ideas Techniques for stimulating the flow of ideas. Sorting out strategies How a group...
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Audio 43 mins
60-Second Adventures in Thought
History & The Arts

60-Second Adventures in Thought

...changed the way we see the world. Subjects as vast as time travel, infinity, quantum mechanics and artificial intelligence, are squeezed into 60-second clips that will tickle your funny bone and blow your mind... Achilles and the Tortoise Ancient mathematical trickery proves that a mighty hero cannot overtake a tortoise. The Grandfather Paradox A well known story that...
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Video 7 mins
Worlds of English
Languages

Worlds of English

...changing in response to social, cultural, and technological developments? ‘Worlds of English’ investigates these notions by looking at the expansion of English in China since the 1970s, how it is now the dominant language used at the European Parliament and how a local vernacular in Singapore, known as 'Singlish' is causing controversy. It also examines the role of,...
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Video 1 hr 4 mins
Does prison work?
Society, Politics & Law

Does prison work?

...change in emphasis in the way the prisons were being used through that approach and, although one can see that it appealed to a certain trend present in society at that time with one or two reactions to events of that period, nevertheless anybody working in the criminal justice system realises that prisons are very damaging places for individuals and that we should use...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Forensic science and fingerprints
Health, Sports & Psychology

Forensic science and fingerprints

...change; that is, the transformation of one substance into another, in this case often accompanied by a colour change. The second uses light, and other types of electromagnetic radiation, to interact with the fingerprints and make them visible. The fingerprints can then be photographed, ready to be compared by experts with a database of fingerprints or with fingerprints...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Rio 2016: A Caster Semenya reading list
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rio 2016: A Caster Semenya reading list

...change had made it harder to race against Caster: Sharp told the BBC after the race: “I have tried to avoid the issue all year. You can see how emotional it all was. We know how each other feels. It is out of our control and how much we rely on people at the top sorting it out. The public can see how difficult it is with the change of rule but all we can do is give it...
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Video 10 mins
Measure the Pulfrich Effect
Science, Maths & Technology

Measure the Pulfrich Effect

...changed into an elliptical swing. In other words, the pendulum should appear to be tracing an oval path. This will still work perfectly well if you wear spectacles – just hold the sunglasses in front of one lens. However, if your spectacles are of the photochromic variety that change shade according to the amount of light falling on them, holding the sunglassesi n front...
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Video 15 mins