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Winchcombe Meteorite: Insights from the First Scientist on the Scene
Science, Maths & Technology

Winchcombe Meteorite: Insights from the First Scientist on the Scene

...composition of the Winchcombe meteorite has now been verified at The Open University using a technique that analyses the abundance of different isotopes of oxygen within rock fragments. It works a bit like ‘Solar System fingerprinting’ to help inform scientists about where meteorites originated in space. These analyses have shown that the Winchcombe rocks are a member...
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David Bowie: identity is creativity
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David Bowie: identity is creativity

...sang of his most famous creation, Ziggy Stardust in 1972. This might explain why the extra-terrestrial (whether human or alien) was an abiding metaphor he returned to from the early days of Major Tom in the song Space Oddity (1969) through his re-appearance in Pierrot costume on Ashes to Ashes (1980) and most recent embodiment in the video to his latest single Blackstar...
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Carbonitriding / carburising
Science, Maths & Technology

Carbonitriding / carburising

...composition of the surface (austenite) lead to high carbon content in the surface material, which when quenched transforms to a hard coating (martensite)...[Images to demonstrate 'Carbonitriding / carburising' - see article ] Manufacture: Gas carburising Continuous or batch furnaces which may be horizontal, vertical or rotary. More recently fluidised beds and reduced...
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Phobos – an asteroid masquerading as a moon of Mars?
Science, Maths & Technology

Phobos – an asteroid masquerading as a moon of Mars?

...composition...Mars might be smaller than our own planet Earth, but it hosts two moons as opposed to one. These are Phobos and Deimos and are the only other moons in the inner Solar System, yet remarkedly little is known about them. The existence of Phobos and Deimos remained hypothetical until August 1877 when Asaph Hall and American Astronomer finally found them within...
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Upper intermediate French: discovering French cinema
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Upper intermediate French: discovering French cinema

...du cinématographe, l’invention des frères Lumière qui allait révolutionner le XXe siècle. Aujourd’hui, que l’on soit adepte des multiplexes, des salles « d’art et d’essai » ou encore du téléchargement de films en ligne ou du « streaming », le cinéma fait partie de notre culture et de notre quotidien. Dans cette section, vous allez aborder le thème...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Bowie as a conduit
History & The Arts

Bowie as a conduit

...sang The Clash on ‘Clash City Rockers’, one of their early militant anthems of punk righteousness – Bowie here was a bit of show off – a poseur unconcerned with the real world issues The Clash purported to address in their streetwise, politicized rock. Many of the articles written about Bowie in the aftermath of his death relay familiar narratives: he was...
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Peter Tuddenham On Using Systems Thinking In Practice
Society, Politics & Law

Peter Tuddenham On Using Systems Thinking In Practice

...sang in Mahler’s 8th symphony under Lenard Bernstein in the Royal Albert Hall. At 15 as an air cadet, he flew to Singapore with the Royal Air Force. He qualified as a glider pilot at 16. He was commissioned as a 2Lt in the British Army Corps of Royal Engineers after attending the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He completed courses on Systems Behaviour, Industrial...
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Crime fiction in French: le polar français
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Crime fiction in French: le polar français

...du XIXe siècle. Il devient un sous-genre distinct peu de temps après. Pourquoi ces formes littéraires se sont-elles développées à ce moment et dans ces pays ? Pour répondre à ces questions, nous allons considérer le contexte historique et socioculturel de l’époque...Crime fiction in French: le polar français: Activité 1 Histoire du polar français - Étape A...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs