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John Napier
Science, Maths & Technology

John Napier

...think of this most excellent Help unto Astronomy, viz., the Logarithms; but, my Lord, being by you found out, I wonder nobody else found it out before, when now known it is so easy,’ He was nobly entertained by the Lord Napier, and every Summer after that, during the Lord’s being alive, this venerable Man, Mr Briggs, went purposely into Scotland to visit him. During...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
The Moon
Science, Maths & Technology

The Moon

...think! We’d love to hear from you to help us improve our free learning offering through OpenLearn by filling out this short survey...The Moon: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you will be able to: retrieve, evaluate and interpret data and information about the Moon interpret simple tables express, manipulate and compare very small numbers...The Moon: 1...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Everyday maths 1 (Wales)
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 1 (Wales)

...think of any examples of when you might come across decimal numbers in everyday life? If you’re dealing with money and the decimal point is not placed correctly, then the value will be completely different, for example, £5.55 could be mistaken for £55.50. Likewise with weights and measures: if the builder in the last activity made a wrong measurement, the whole...
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Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs
Brighton Pavilion
History & The Arts

Brighton Pavilion

...thinking about the Pavilion as what we might call a ‘cultural formation’. By this I mean that considering the apparent eccentricity of this building can give us an insight into many aspects of Regency culture, and, conversely, that an enhanced knowledge of Regency culture can help us to decode the meanings of the building for its own time. The Pavilion can be seen as...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Roaring Twenties? Europe in the interwar period
History & The Arts

Roaring Twenties? Europe in the interwar period

...system as it operated in Berlin in 1930. The ‘Untergrundbahn’ or ‘U-bahn’ was in fact an invention of the period before the First World War. Its construction began in 1897, some three decades after the London Underground but around the same time as the Parisian Métro. By the outbreak of war two lines had already opened: U1, connecting the east of the city with...
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Level 3: Advanced 14 hrs
Introducing vectors for engineering applications
Science, Maths & Technology

Introducing vectors for engineering applications

...systems (such as combining forces) using vectors perform simple algebraic procedures using vectors...Introducing vectors for engineering applications: Background - It is common in engineering for physical phenomena to be represented as vector fields. A vector field is a mathematical representation of a system that describes how a quantity, such as a force, changes over an...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Introduction to Ukrainian language and culture
Languages

Introduction to Ukrainian language and culture

...system. Kyiv fell to the Mongolians in 1240. Since then, Ukraine has often been divided and conquered, but has maintained a strong sense of its own identity and fought determinedly for independence. For example, the Cossacks, who lived on the steppes of south-eastern Ukraine, fought against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, which then controlled most of Ukraine, and...
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Level 1: Introductory 25 hrs
New York Minutes: What do the NY primaries tell us about the 2016 Presidential election?
Society, Politics & Law

New York Minutes: What do the NY primaries tell us about the 2016 Presidential election?

...think of Hillary Clinton, her service as Secretary of State and as a two-term U.S. Senator makes her as well qualified for the presidency as anyone in the race. Belatedly Sanders backtracked, declaring that “of course” Clinton was qualified for the Oval Office. But the damage had been done to his squeaky-clean image. Finally, on April 15 Sanders flew to the Vatican to...
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