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Apollo 11 and 50 years of research on Moon rocks
Science, Maths & Technology

Apollo 11 and 50 years of research on Moon rocks

...Open University are at the forefront of that work, and for the 50th anniversary have been working with NASA to produce a virtual microscope collection of over 550 rocks collected during the Apollo missions. These detailed images are a starting point for many investigations worldwide and show how important the Apollo samples still are to the scientific community. Indeed,...
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Enceladus: A habitable ice world?
Science, Maths & Technology

Enceladus: A habitable ice world?

...Open University, explores...The Earth is teeming with life and yet we are only one planet, orbiting one star, in a galaxy of over 250 billion stars. Looking even wider into space, we are part of a universe that is a host to at least 200 billion galaxies, each with their respective billions of solar systems. The size of even our galaxy, the Milky Way, leads to questions...
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The first 25 years: OU Renewable Energy Education
Nature & Environment

The first 25 years: OU Renewable Energy Education

...Open University T521 Renewable Energy Pack for Tertiary Education. This was a revolutionary development for the OU...[Photo of wind turbines in an Offshore wind farm in the United Kingdom.] Rampion Offshore Wind Farm, United Kingdom The Energy & Environment Research Unit (EERU) at the OU was formed in 1985 by a merger of ATG (Alternative Technology Group) and ERG (Energy...
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Critical thinking – A skill and a process
Education & Development

Critical thinking – A skill and a process

...source of the information you’re given and you’ll be able to reflect on its accuracy or validity, depending on your task. By thinking critically, you are applying each of those skills in order to evaluate the information in front of you. This can be a theory, a new research result, or even a news item. Critical thinking allows you to apply an objective approach to...
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Astronomy
Science, Maths & Technology

Astronomy

...opened a new window into the Milky Way. The Scale of Our Galaxy A route map to the stars. The Hipparcos satellite measured the position of stars with better precision than ever before. Radio Telescopes and Stellar Jets The advent of radio astronomy. How radio telescopes like the Maxwell telescope in Hawaii work and what they can tell us about cosmic jets. Detecting...
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Introduction to differential equations
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to differential equations

...Open University module MST125 Essential mathematics 2. The module builds on mathematical ideas introduced in MST124 Essential mathematics 1, covering a wide range of topics from different areas of mathematics. The practical application to problems provides a firm foundation for further studies in mathematics and other mathematically rich subjects such as physics and...
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Level 1: Introductory 18 hrs
Second-order differential equations
Science, Maths & Technology

Second-order differential equations

...Open University course MST224 Mathematical methods, a second level course that provides a background in mathematical methods for students studying physical sciences, engineering, mathematics and economics. The course is designed to teach ‘pencil and paper’ techniques that are at the core of applying mathematics. Students are expected to be familiar with standard...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Interdisciplinary Learning – getting the most out of multi-subject degrees
Education & Development

Interdisciplinary Learning – getting the most out of multi-subject degrees

...Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press, 1996. Kuhn, T. The structure of scientific revolutions, Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 1996 Max-Neef, Manfred A. Foundations of transdisciplinarity, Ecological Economics, 53 (2005) 5-16 Figure 1. Terminology associated with studying more than one subject (Source: Helen Cooke, Open University)...
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