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The Passing of the New: Bowie and Boulez
History & The Arts

The Passing of the New: Bowie and Boulez

...work which contains no prescribed sound at all, whose best-known book on music is called Silence. He was a close friend of Boulez in the 1950s; Bowie named Silence as one of his favourite books. Cage was convinced that the conventional, the ordinary, the expected, were all enemies of the truly musical. Boulez took from him a commitment to the utterly new; Bowie’s...
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Extinctions at World Heritage Sites aren't just environmental disasters
Nature & Environment

Extinctions at World Heritage Sites aren't just environmental disasters

...warns that populations of some fish, lobsters and molluscs have declined dramatically in recent years, leaving local fishermen and traders with less stock to sell. “It's a constant battle” she says. “Unless NGOs, society and government work together, we will not see a major change”. This article was originally published by SciDevNet under a CC-BY licence...
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Now live: Could we control our climate?
Science, Maths & Technology

Now live: Could we control our climate?

...working as we expected? How would different countries collaborate or compete? What would we as a society be trying to preserve – and what would we be willing to risk? To answer these questions, you will learn about some of the science and mathematics involved in measuring, predicting and potentially controlling climate change. You will also consider the context in which...
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Ever Wondered About... Pancakes?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Ever Wondered About... Pancakes?

...work out something about the diet of the hen that laid it. A hen fed yellow corn will lay eggs with a deeper coloured yolk, while a diet of barley or wheat makes for a lighter shade. Adding marigold petals to a hen’s diet will darken the yolk. And another colourful fact about eggs — you can tell what shade of eggshell a hen will lay by looking at her ear tufts, the...
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The Arts Past and Present: Ireland
History & The Arts

The Arts Past and Present: Ireland

...work of art. Ireland has moved on, and now embraces all of its heritage. In the audio track, Anne Laurence, a History Professor at The Open University, elaborates on the issues addressed in the album. This material is drawn from The Open University course AA100 The arts past and present... The Arts Past and Present: Ireland A short introduction to this album. Attitudes to...
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Audio 43 mins
What are Mintzberg’s five components of an organisation? The one-minute guide
Money & Business

What are Mintzberg’s five components of an organisation? The one-minute guide

...work of producing the products or delivering the services. Mintzberg’s generic organisational model also illustrates an important principle of organisation structure: the separation of direction and management, whereby those people who decide the mission and general direction of the organisation are different (other than in a very small organisation) from those who...
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An introduction to exoplanets Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to exoplanets

...work on trying to find as many planets as possible around the stars closest to the Sun. Galaxies tend to fall into two groups: spiral galaxies (Figure 19), such as the Milky Way, which contain stars of a variety of ages, including young stars that are still forming elliptical galaxies (Figure 20), which contain mostly older stars and look like fuzzy blobs. Spiral galaxies...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
History of reading tutorial 2: The reading and reception of literary texts – a case study of Robinson Crusoe
History & The Arts

History of reading tutorial 2: The reading and reception of literary texts – a case study of Robinson Crusoe

...working through this particular case study, students are learning not only about the reception of Robinson Crusoe, but are learning how to make a similar study of the reception of any literary text or author that they may be interested in. Find out more about studying with The Open University by visiting our online prospectus60...History of reading tutorial 2: The reading...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr