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World-Changing Women: Marie-Louise Girardin
History & The Arts

World-Changing Women: Marie-Louise Girardin

...World. Read about her extraordinary life in this article... Marie-Louise Girardin France/new world 1754-94 Exploration [Labillardière's drawing of his experiences in Australasia ] A drawing by Labillardiere of the expedition Girardin undertook. Even in the radical atmosphere of revolutionary France, there were few options open to a young woman who had given birth to a...
Can renewable energy sources power the world? Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Can renewable energy sources power the world?

...world?’ as a response to the growing awareness that increased use of renewable energy technologies is making a major contribution to global efforts to limit anthropogenic climate change. The course begins by examining the environmental concerns that have caused a rise in interest in renewable energy, introducing the main sources and technologies, and describing global...
Expert opinion: Origins of the First World War
History & The Arts

Expert opinion: Origins of the First World War

...World War...Find out about The Open University's History courses and qualifications In 2012, I recorded this audio in which two leading historians of the First World War discuss their subject, and in particular the question of the origins of the war, with me. Professor John Röhl and Professor Christopher Clark explain the fascination of the topic and give their differing...
Water: Managing the 1% in a climate changing world
Nature & Environment

Water: Managing the 1% in a climate changing world

...World's water in 3 spheres As the Ancient Mariner realised, almost all of the water on Earth is seawater. Of the total volume of water on Earth (1.4 billion km3), only 2.5% is freshwater (35 million km3). And even most of this is ‘locked’ in glaciers and ice or underground rock. Which leaves a mere 1% of all water on Earth readily available to ecosystems in lakes,...
World-Changing Women: Christine de Pizan
History & The Arts

World-Changing Women: Christine de Pizan

...The Book of the City of Ladies, de Pizan tackled the subject of the cause of women. She celebrated women’s accomplishments and pointed to their equal abilities to men’s. She thus revised history by giving women a place in it and showed the elite women of her time how they could successfully navigate their way in a man's world. Dig deeper into literature and history...
Understanding the role of art historians in a changing world
History & The Arts

Understanding the role of art historians in a changing world

...world...Transcript ‘Not a lot of people meet the term Art History, or History of Art, at school. It’s not something that’s widely taught’, admits Sarah Victoria Turner, the current Director of the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. As such, the subject has always had a ‘bit of an image problem about it’, often being seen as an ‘elitist subject,...
Can we get to a world without suicide?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can we get to a world without suicide?

...world differently. Along with a growing number of mental health experts, he wants to reduce the rate of suicide across the world, and is aiming for zero. Simon Usborne finds out more...This article contains frank discussion about suicide, and some readers may wish to avoid it. If you need assistance, in the UK and Republic of Ireland, the Samaritans can be contacted on...
World-Changing Women: Madam CJ Walker
History & The Arts

World-Changing Women: Madam CJ Walker

As a single woman in the early 20th century making ends meet was no easy feat, so it's remarkable that Madam CJ Walker became the first female self-made millionaire in America. Read her story here... Madam CJ Walker 1867 - 1919 USA Business [Madame CJ Walker image] Madam C.J. Walker, the first self-made female millionaire in the USA. In early twentieth-century USA it...