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Electromagnetism: testing Coulomb’s law
Science, Maths & Technology

Electromagnetism: testing Coulomb’s law

...think about the assumptions you make in your calculations and possible sources of experimental uncertainty. Learning outcomes After studying this course, you should be able to: describe the properties of Coulomb’s law and electrostatic force determine the force exerted on one stationary charge by another using Coulomb’s law explain some of the uncertainties and errors...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Unsolved problems in cosmology
Science, Maths & Technology

Unsolved problems in cosmology

...think can be learned from the predictions of Bessel, Le Verrier and Adams in the nineteenth century? b.What do the paper’s authors think can be learned from the history of particle physics? c.Do the authors think there is strong evidence that a paradigm shift to a new cosmological model is needed? Discussion a.It was observed that the orbit of Uranus appeared...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
The Jewish Ghetto of Renaissance Venice
History & The Arts

The Jewish Ghetto of Renaissance Venice

...Thinking History Why did the authorities want to protect the Jews? Jews in Venice offered useful credit facilities. It is not the case that Christians were prevented from providing financial services. Christians were not supposed to lend money at interest (stigmatised as usury), but there was plenty of creative accounting in order to get around this rule, for example by...
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Article 5 mins
Verbal fluency
Health, Sports & Psychology

Verbal fluency

...think and talk...Verbal fluency is, basically, the ease with which a person can produce words. There are several tests of this ability, but most of them involve some sort of category like fruits, words beginning with the letter Q or animals. The person being tested is asked to name as many different examples of the category as they can in a fixed period of time, such as a...
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Article 5 mins
OpenMinds: Open and Shut Cases – Professor Simon Lee’s Inaugural lecture
Miscellaneous

OpenMinds: Open and Shut Cases – Professor Simon Lee’s Inaugural lecture

...think differently and he will question how we can encourage students and the wider public to be open-minded. Finally, he will reflect on Allan Bloom’s challenging book, The Closing of the American Mind from 1987 and the battle-cries of ‘post-truth’ and ‘fake news’ in 2017. He will conclude by encouraging open-mindedness in the decades to come. We very much hope...
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Article 5 mins
Download your language survey kit
History & The Arts

Download your language survey kit

...does not allow you to sort or compare people’s choice of words. We suggest you use a different column for each speaker, and perhaps consider grouping your speakers according to age or gender or any other variable that you think may be particularly significant. This should make it much easier for you to classify and interpret your data. Download the 'Words' sheet (199KB)...
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Activity 5 mins
Do dogs want to go to heaven?
History & The Arts

Do dogs want to go to heaven?

...in heaven or not, but there is evidence that animals can and do want things, and that they act on those desires to shape their futures. These brief examples underpin some of my thinking about the meaning of indigenous peoples’ claims that eagles, bears and other animals participate in religious ceremonies and even, sometimes, in ecological activism. More on religion:...
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Article 10 mins
Take the next step with an Open University short course
Education & Development

Take the next step with an Open University short course

...thinking about the next step in your learning journey. Whatever your starting point or background, our range of short courses and microcredentials can help you level up your skills, propel your career and explore your personal passion...Find out more about The Open University's short courses. Our short courses are open to all and are delivered entirely online, giving you...
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Article 5 mins