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...System of Units). Examples of SI units are the kilogram or tonne for mass and the litre for volume. This course uses SI units wherever possible, but on occasions it will be necessary (or just more convenient) to go along with the oil industry and quote values in barrels. In order to translate the units used in oil industry publications to those more commonly used in...

...systems, nuclear reactors were built primarily to produce plutonium, a key bomb making material. It’s a byproduct of the fission process. But there was growing political pressure to reduce nonmilitary uses of the technology. PRESIDENT EISENHOWER Today, at Shippingport, Pennsylvania, we begin building our first atomic power plant of commercial size. Mankind comes closer...

...systems and genetic mechanisms that may be involved. There is no ‘cure’ for autism, and some reject the very idea of a cure. But a range of helpful interventions is available, thought to be especially effective if started early. Revised diagnostic criteria for autism published by the American Psychiatric Association (American Psychiatric Association, 2013) addressed...

...system. Nowadays, we know that dyslexia is not due to vision problems, but because of how the brain works, that is, neurobiology (discussed later in Week 3). Over the years, understanding of dyslexia has evolved significantly. In the UK, between 1963 to 1972, the Word Blind Centre for Dyslexic Children initiated discussions on dyslexia, leading to the Warnock Report 1978....