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Bob Dylan as Nobel Laureate: Two reactions
History & The Arts

Bob Dylan as Nobel Laureate: Two reactions

...think he should get the prize at some point). For some, the pathos of what seems to be an annual exercise in disappointment has become darkly comical: 「今年こそ村上春樹がノーベル文学賞か!?」と一応煽ってからの落選という一連の様式美は、もはや伝統芸の域に達していると言ってもは過言ではあるまい。家に帰る...
Evolutionary tree of mammals
Nature & Environment

Evolutionary tree of mammals

...think is the ‘odd one out’? To help you to think about the differences, try answering the following two questions. Note to facilitators if using this as a hands-on activity. This activity is more popular if model animals can be used. SAQ 1 Question 1: Which one is most different from the others in its appearance? Answer The whale is the most different in outward...
Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Children and violence: an introductory, international and interdisciplinary approach
Society, Politics & Law

Children and violence: an introductory, international and interdisciplinary approach

...think about the effects of bullying. Make two lists – one of the possible physical effects and one of the psychological effects. In his article, Olweus concentrates largely on boys, but think back to the previous section where the differences between girls' and boys' experiences and ways of showing aggression were mentioned. Do you think that there would be any...
Innovation in health and social care: social and historical
Health, Sports & Psychology

Innovation in health and social care: social and historical

...think, what might have caused some of his sample to die and the rest to live? After a lot of time and effort in his lab, Fleming worked out that some of his sample had been contaminated by a particular fungus, which he then managed to grow himself. As an ex-soldier in World War I, he'd seen hundreds of soldiers die due to bacterial infection. And he figured that if the...
Art in Renaissance Venice
History & The Arts

Art in Renaissance Venice

...system of the arts detached it. 4 The hierarchical distinctions of the canon have come to seem out of tune with our own cultural hybridity in an epoch of globalisation. That said, no one could sensibly argue with claims for the relevance of an understanding of Renaissance art to the subsequent western tradition. 5 What stands at issue are the terms of that understanding....
Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
White dwarfs and neutron stars
Science, Maths & Technology

White dwarfs and neutron stars

...system on the Very Large Telescope (VLT) show that many of the asymmetries in planetary nebulae derive from structures that first formed while the star was on the AGB. They appear to be the result of orbiting companions, either a binary companion star or a massive planet (see Figure 2c). These can either transfer angular momentum to the ejecta and form a constraining...
Introduction to quantum computing
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to quantum computing

...thinking of the nucleus + cat system as a superposition of those extreme states is absurd. Surely it’s absurd to believe that a cat is well-described by a state vector ( vertical line alive mathematical right angle bracket or vertical line dead mathematical right angle bracket ), and surely the cat is in the definite state ‘alive’until it definitely dies (or better,...
The Plessey Factory Occupation, Bathgate, 1982
Society, Politics & Law

The Plessey Factory Occupation, Bathgate, 1982

...system to end the dispute. In Scots Law, a company would require an interdict served to every member of an occupation to prevent the continuation of their ‘unlawful’ behaviour. The cumbersome nature of this process meant that it had not been used by any organisation to force an end to an occupation. However, in 1982 there were two cases of an interdict being sought...