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World-Changing Women: Mary Prince
History & The Arts

World-Changing Women: Mary Prince

...free all slaves in British dependencies followed soon after in 1833. Anti-slavery campaigns were influential in bringing about this change and the publication, in 1831, of the autobiography of Mary Prince, a female slave from the British West Indies, had a profound impact on these campaigns. Mary Prince was born into a slave family in Bermuda, around 1788. Her mother was...
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Unparliamentary language: the benefits of swearing in politics
Languages

Unparliamentary language: the benefits of swearing in politics

...course, it’s always important to look beyond the words themselves to see how language is being used to create a particular effect. That’s not to say they don’t occasionally swear in public. Or that swearing doesn’t have a particular place in political rhetoric. During the 2017 general election campaign, for example, Theresa May very pointedly described herself in...
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What is Manupedia and how do I use it?
Science, Maths & Technology

What is Manupedia and how do I use it?

...course Manufacture materials design. The designers of the course were convinced that learning about manufacturing shouldn’t involve reading a lot of facts about how different processes were operated. Instead, they grouped that information together into a set of ‘datacards’ for the students to use as a resource while they learnt about the principles of materials...
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Diorite
Science, Maths & Technology

Diorite

...courses and qualifications Diorite is a coarse-grained intrusive igneous rock. It contains large interlocking, randomly oriented crystals. It is a dark coloured rock, usually medium to dark grey, containing many mafic crystals. Mostly it looks like dark coloured granite. [Diorite] How was it formed? Diorite formed deep within the Earth’s crust from cooling magma that...
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Getting your Bearings
Science, Maths & Technology

Getting your Bearings

...course MU120 Open mathematics... Getting your Bearings A short introduction to this album. Ordnance survey maps Learn how ordinance survey maps are accurately produced and quality controlled. Contour lines Three walkers begin a field trip navigating a route in the peak district. Taking a bearing Discover how to get your bearings with a compass and a map. A saddle point...
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The Fourier Series
Science, Maths & Technology

The Fourier Series

...course MST209, Mathematical methods and models... The Fourier Series A short introduction to this album. Introduction to the Fourier Series A comparison between the waveforms produced from a single note on both the flute and violin. Fourier Analysis Demonstrating why someone sounds different on the phone, rather than in person, using the Fourier series. Stocking the...
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Molecular Science: Spectrometry
Science, Maths & Technology

Molecular Science: Spectrometry

...and mass spectrometry. This material is taken from The Open University course S205 The molecular world... Molecular Science: Spectrometry A short introduction to this album. Infra-red Spectrometry Preparing samples for infra-red spectroscopy Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Preparing samples for 1H and 13C nmr spectroscopy Mass Spectrometry Analysis by mass spectrometry...
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Sound Systems: Listening to music together
History & The Arts

Sound Systems: Listening to music together

...through further study not only of music related to sound systems, but of any type of music at all, as demonstrated in all our Open University undergraduate and postgraduate music courses. Find out more about The Open University's Music courses and qualifications. Acknowledgement: With thanks to MK Arena for allowing us to use the stadium during the film production....
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