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Thomas Stocker - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Thomas Stocker - Stories of Change

...multiple stages of review, in fact almost a public review over the internet. Otherwise we couldn't have received 54,677 comments in the working of one contribution. That's one thing. The other thing is that we are basing our conclusions on multiple lines of independent evidence, so we would never make a conclusion in a summary for policymakers basing our conclusions on...
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Digital & Computing

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...Multiple operations - Sometimes you may wish to perform several operations in one step (for example: 35 / 10−3). When you enter a number of operations one after the other, before clicking the '=key', the Windows calculator will evaluate the combination of operations in a particular order. This corresponds to the order used for any calculation that involves several...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Systems thinking and practice
Digital & Computing

Systems thinking and practice

...multiple causes, as this an important feature of systems thinking. When we say that A causes B (e.g. rising damp causes peeling wallpaper), or B is the consequence of A (e.g. peeling wallpaper is the consequence of rising-damp) we are also saying that if you alter rising-damp, then peeling-wallpaper will also alter. In other words, we are suggesting a way of altering B...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Egyptian mathematics
Science, Maths & Technology

Egyptian mathematics

...multiplication and division appreciate the advanced understanding of mathematics in Ancient Egypt in relation to the manipulation of fractions consider some views of the mathematics of Ancient Egypt in relation to that of the Babylonians...Egyptian mathematics: 1.1 Mathematics in Egyptian history - Only a small number of the surviving Egyptian papyri are concerned with...
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
Following Jareth through the Labyrinth: How Bowie influenced my research
Languages

Following Jareth through the Labyrinth: How Bowie influenced my research

...multiple masks and identity changes they don within the ever-so illusory world of the stage. You can see, therefore, why an artist such as Bowie so appeals. However, the most powerful image of him for me will always be the one I encountered first, namely the fantastical goblin king in Jim Henson’s film Labyrinth. I was only five years old at the time but was mesmerised...
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Reacting to Hillary Clinton's nomination
Society, Politics & Law

Reacting to Hillary Clinton's nomination

...multiple dimensions of national security, such as levels of food security, stability, prosperity, bellicosity, corruption, health, demography, regime type and (yes) the power of the state. The days when one could claim that the situation of women is a “small bore” issue in foreign policy should now be emphatically over. When Clinton was secretary of state, the global...
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US Election 2016: A last week reading list
Society, Politics & Law

US Election 2016: A last week reading list

...multiple occasions, with the social network giant thinking her name a fake. She sent Facebook officials her driver's license some years ago but her account was again subsequently blocked. Today, in fact, she goes by "Hill Clinton." "Facebook, if you're listening, I want my name back," she says. Read the full article at CNN: The Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton not running...
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Review: The Digital Academic - Critical Perspectives on Digital Technologies in Higher Education
Education & Development

Review: The Digital Academic - Critical Perspectives on Digital Technologies in Higher Education

...multiple critical perspectives from contributors, many of whom are themselves active digital users of social networking sites and digital technologies. This collaboration has resulted in a text whose academic prose remains lively, accessible and at times joyful to read. The inherent readability also attests to earlier commentary that blogging may serve to help academic...
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