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Exploring ancient Greek religion
History & The Arts

Exploring ancient Greek religion

...working with both ancient texts and visual source material to answer questions about ancient Greek religion use Amphiaraos’ sanctuary as a case-study for understanding the broader political and personal aspects of ancient Greek religion...Exploring ancient Greek religion: 1 Religion in the ancient Greek world - The sanctuary of Amphiaraos, which lay about 55 kilometres...
Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Two concepts of freedom
History & The Arts

Two concepts of freedom

...working or resting, in his bath or in bed, he can be inspected without warning and without knowing that he is being inspected. Nothing that he does is indifferent. His friendships, his relaxations, his behaviour towards his wife and children, the expression of his face when he is alone, the words he mutters in sleep, even the characteristic movements of his body, are all...
Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
The body in antiquity
History & The Arts

The body in antiquity

...working day; our clothes would tell about which parts of our body we considered proper to cover, what it was acceptable to reveal, and how we constructed gender and other identities in appearance. Our plates, cutlery, tables and chairs would tell them we ate communally, but from separate vessels; they might guess that meals were social occasions over which we talked about...
Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs
When Heath met Nixon
History & The Arts

When Heath met Nixon

...work which we are not discouraging. Castro is still bent on Hemispheric subversion." The Prime Minister asked whether there was any sign of Cuba's attempting to come to terms. None whatsoever, the President replied. Castro was still extremely belligerent. Dr Kissinger agreed. Europe BACKGROUND: Britain was considering joining the Common Market - the European Economic...
How does the human body fight a viral infection?
Science, Maths & Technology

How does the human body fight a viral infection?

...works, read this article from The Conversation . It is important to remember that in any individual there is a time-point when virus can be detected but antibodies have not yet been produced, and a later time period when the virus has been eliminated but the anti-viral antibodies remain (Figure 4). There is a limited time-window in between when both virus and antibodies...
Engineering: environmental fluids
Science, Maths & Technology

Engineering: environmental fluids

...working knowledge of them is required in many situations. For example, in the aeronautical and aerospace industries the behaviour and properties of the atmosphere from ground level to outer space are key aspects in the design and operation of aircraft and space vehicles. In the field of civil engineering, the simulation and study of tides and tidal flows is necessary in...
Minds and mental phenomena: an introduction
History & The Arts

Minds and mental phenomena: an introduction

...work of art. It is not entirely clear why this should be so, but one thought appears to be that machines are governed by strict deterministic principles and creativity and imagination involve the free play of the mind unrestrained by any algorithmic bounds. But how do we know that our minds do not run according to strict deterministic principles? Another line of thought...
Beginners’ German: Places and people
Languages

Beginners’ German: Places and people

...work out meanings from the contexts...Beginners' German: Places and people: 1 Talking about places and locations - In this section, you have a first look at places and people in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. You familiarise yourself with the pronunciation of place names in German, and you talk about the location of cities and towns in German-speaking countries. You...