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An introduction to geology
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to geology

...careful when you go out and find your own rocks to identify later in the course...Week 1: Building stone: 1.3 Rock textures - Due to how the three sorts of rock are formed, they appear quite different when you look at them closely. All rocks are formed of smaller parts, called ‘grains’. [Described image] Figure 1.4 From left to right, igneous, metamorphic and...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Prices, location and spread
Science, Maths & Technology

Prices, location and spread

...careful about making price comparisons then you might pay considerably more than 300p (£3). However, you are most likely to find a shop with the coffee priced between about 270p and 300p. Although there is no one price for this coffee, it seems reasonable to say that the overall location of the price is a bit less than 300p. The median of the batch is a useful measure of...
Level 1: Introductory 18 hrs
Introduction to quantum computing
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to quantum computing

...care to preserve the order of the matrices. So the solution is matrix row 1column 1 12 row 2column 1 two minus minus one times matrix row 1column 1 10 row 2column 1 zero minus minus one times matrix row 1column 1 12 row 2column 1 two minus minus one equals matrix row 1column 1 12 row 2column 1 two minus minus one times matrix row 1column 1 multiplication multiplication...
How teams work
Money & Business

How teams work

...care for patients. Still, in the course of all these conversations, they have developed a set of stories and cases that have become a shared repertoire for their practice. Summarised from Wenger (2009) Every community of practice must have all three elements: a domain, a community and a practice. But they come in a variety of shapes and sizes, from small to very large,...
Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Rights and justice in international relations
Society, Politics & Law

Rights and justice in international relations

...care, and a right to welfare. Those against accepting social and economic rights as having the same status as ‘basic’ rights, make the case that rights are principles which do not involve costs. So-called social and economic rights are not rights at all, they say, for such things involve huge costs by governments, while legal, civil and political rights are cost-free....
The Byzantine icon
History & The Arts

The Byzantine icon

...careful use of colour and light – a combination of windows that allowed the natural light to illuminate the decorated surfaces, as well as artificial lighting such as candles and oil lamps – and an array of smells and sounds provided by burning incense, chanting and bell ringing. In addition to the important role held by the embellishment of the walls in Byzantine...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Climate change: island life in a volatile world
Society, Politics & Law

Climate change: island life in a volatile world

...careful that the attention given to new and far-reaching flows – especially those flows that may endanger territories – does not leave us with the impression that these territories were once free of outside influence or disturbance. Some of the flows we have looked at are certainly disturbing, but some of them are also sustaining and generative. Indeed, it is...
Practising science: Reading the rocks and ecology
Science, Maths & Technology

Practising science: Reading the rocks and ecology

...them, and this might have been one of the first things you spotted when taking a careful look at the photograph. These lines define sedimentary layers or strata, so we are dealing with sedimentary rocks. In the rocks forming most of the vertical cliff face, the layers are horizontal, whereas in the white rocks of the foreground the layers are inclined to the right. They are like a tilted stack of books. In this case the......