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Atom Bomb in Popular Culture
History & The Arts

Atom Bomb in Popular Culture

...Changed its Portrayal of the Atomic Bomb Through Time, from the dropping of the very first atomic bomb, through to the Cold War and right up to the present day. The films conclude by asking whether or not these types of weapon should have existed in the first place, and questioning what the future holds for the A-Bomb. The films relate to the Open University Course A327...
Understanding Globalisation
Money & Business

Understanding Globalisation

...Susan Segal Horn explains how national cultures are becoming less different Technical developments Technological developments and change operate beyond national borders Is globalisation a good or bad thing? Susan Segal Horn weighs up the Pros and Cons of Globalisation? Is globalisation inevitable? Susan Segal explains why she believes that globalisation isn’t inevitable...
Management in Chinese cultures
Money & Business

Management in Chinese cultures

...change... Management in Chinese cultures An introduction to this album. Clan-based networking Exploring the relationship between Confucian values and the way companies do business in Asia. Guanxi How a form of business relationship that entails mutual obligation is a common way of starting up businesses in Asia. East-West management Asian companies are less hierarchical...
What is child-led research and why is it important?
Education & Development

What is child-led research and why is it important?

...change something, or wanting to learn about what doing social research is all about. All of these are important reasons for the Children’s Research Centre to support young researchers. Let’s have a closer look: Wanting to find out more about a topic: Few people would deny that curiosity and inquisitiveness are good characteristics to encourage in children and young...
The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: Financial Engineering
Money & Business

The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: Financial Engineering

...changing business environment, where both politicians and the public are demanding more corporate responsibility and governance – these strong shareholders hold the potential power to change a company’s policies and practices. They can, in this respect, turn to financial engineering to better assess the risks of balancing economic and social goals. Thomas Clarke...
How old is a mountain range?
Science, Maths & Technology

How old is a mountain range?

...changing and evolving, due to the movements of tectonic plates that make up our rocky crust. Mountains grow in the collision zones between plates over millions of years, but their presence is only transient as they are slowly eroded away again. The science of 'geochronology' How do we know the timescales, and effectively the history of a mountain range? One way we work...
Light: Wave-particle duality
Science, Maths & Technology

Light: Wave-particle duality

...Changing the intensity of the light caused the number of electrons emitted to change, but the electrons’ range of energies remained the same. Decreasing the wavelength of the light, however, caused the electrons to be emitted with a higher maximum energy. Conversely, increasing the wavelength of the light beyond a particular cut-off value (specific to each metal),...
Are robots about to take jobs from the poor?
Science, Maths & Technology

Are robots about to take jobs from the poor?

...changes underfoot,” Melissa Leach, director of IDS, told the meeting. “The stakes in this, I must emphasise, couldn’t be higher.” Mass unemployment is one; loss of revenue for governments is another; and then there's the disproportionate effect on women workers. Amongst the worried development crowd was a sprinkling of more optimistic technologists and government...