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The Student Experience
OpenLearn Ireland

The Student Experience

...work; some of the sacrifices involved; whether it had all been worthwhile; and the kind of help they got from their OU tutors. Despite the very real challenges of studying whilst coping with kids, jobs and real life, these people from many different walks of life testify to the great sense of achievement, satisfaction, even excitement involved in tackling a new subject...
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David Hume: 18th Century Philosopher
History & The Arts

David Hume: 18th Century Philosopher

...work of David Hume. This material forms part of The Open University course A222 Exploring philosophy... Hume: An introduction Nigel Warburton talks about David Hume. Hume's theory of the self Nigel Warburton talks to Simon Blackburn about David Hume's theory of the self. Hume's discussion of the argument from design Timothy Chappell and Peter Kail discuss Hume on design....
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Engineering small worlds: micro and nano technologies
Science, Maths & Technology

Engineering small worlds: micro and nano technologies

...works and what it can do. A close look at it's probe, using an electron microscope. Types of tip A wide range of applications: companies that specialise in scanning probe microscopy use different types of tip to create atomic resolution images. Semiconductor Industry Imaging large samples. How to get precise dimensions of any surface. The AFM uses specially designed tips...
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The physical world: collisions
Science, Maths & Technology

The physical world: collisions

...laws of physics, help police establish precisely what happened Particle collisions Professors Frank Close and Tejinder Virdee explain why physicists smash particles together and what happens in a particle collision The Large Hadron Collider The biggest scientific experiment ever constructed. How will the machine work and what is the holy grail in particle physics today?...
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Investigating bacterial communication
Science, Maths & Technology

Investigating bacterial communication

...work into bacterial 'quorum sensing'' at Nottingham University in the UK reveal some of the techniques they use and give insight into what they hope to achieve. This material forms part of The Open University course S204 Biology: uniformity and diversity... Investigating bacterial communication A short introduction to this album. Discovering bacterial communication With...
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Publishing The Origin of Species
Science, Maths & Technology

Publishing The Origin of Species

...work of Charles Darwin and the impact his ideas about evolution continue to have on today’s world. © British Council 2009... Publishing The Origin of Species A brief introduction to this album. John Murray and Darwin The current John Murray invites us into his illustrious ancestors' offices to tell the story of how this famous British publishing house was chosen by...
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Evolution
Science, Maths & Technology

Evolution

...Analysing how they live and what they eat. Mainland Species Biology Inside the stomach Svalbard Reindeer The threat of starvation. How this sub-species has adapted to arctic conditions, lack of food and the absence of predators Evolution in Action Comparing physical and behavioural characteristics in both types of reindeer reveals the process of evolution at work....
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Richard Tol - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Richard Tol - Stories of Change

...Social Research Institute, Dublin, the Michael Otto Professor of Sustainability and Global Change at Hamburg University and an Adjunct Professor, Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. He has had visiting appointments at the Canadian Centre for Climate Research, University of Victoria, British Colombia, at the Centre...
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