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Margaret Hamilton: Spaceship Programmer and Software Pioneer
Science, Maths & Technology

Margaret Hamilton: Spaceship Programmer and Software Pioneer

...out: just minutes before touchdown of Apollo 11 on July 20, 1969, a documentation error resulted in computer overload. Hamilton’s software recognised the error situation and rejected extraneous tasks to re-establish its priority – landing Eagle on the Sea of Tranquillity (Hancock 2014). Hamilton had already fought hard (and lost) to include user-error-checking in the...
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The hostile environment for immigrants is drawn from a well of taken-for-granted assumptions
Society, Politics & Law

The hostile environment for immigrants is drawn from a well of taken-for-granted assumptions

...out that as the cause of death is unknown in most cases then it is not possible to infer a correlation of one to the other. Suicides linked to denied benefits The website Calum’s List estimates that over 60 people have committed suicide as a direct result of being denied access to benefits. They include: 38-year old Elaine Morrall who died in her freezing home after her...
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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

...out loud, receive feedback and engage with a community. Likewise, Charlotte Frost’s chapter on her work around PhD2Publisheddemonstrates a way of publicly self-teaching and how this manifest as part of her own career trajectory – countering claims that no-one ever gets tenure from a blog post. As a set of critical perspectives, this book would not be complete without...
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Oedipus: The message in the myth
History & The Arts

Oedipus: The message in the myth

...out; also that Oedipus prior to this marriage had murdered his father. But there is very little, if anything, else on which they agree. Let's look now at a significant difference between the two versions of the story; an aspect which is important in Sophocles and is simply not in Homer at all. This shows not simply the non-canonical nature of the myths; but also how...
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Timeline: Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II: 1926-2022
Society, Politics & Law

Timeline: Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II: 1926-2022

...out and see for ourselves. I remember we were terrified of being recognised ... I remember lines of unknown people linking arms and walking down Whitehall, all of us just swept along on a tide of happiness and relief." 1947 - Elizabeth marries Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark Elizabeth met her future husband, Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, in 1934 and they...
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How can Adult Carers get the best support during Covid-19 pandemic and beyond?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How can Adult Carers get the best support during Covid-19 pandemic and beyond?

...out “the most common steps taken when putting evidence-based guidance into practice. You can follow them exactly or take a more flexible approach. Each step has tips and actions to help you get started: pick and choose what suits your project.” Again, this applies equally whether you are adapting services in an emergency or ensuring that they are future-proof....
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Systems explained: Sir Geoffrey Vickers
Money & Business

Systems explained: Sir Geoffrey Vickers

...out. And yet if we're really going to take seriously the insight that we are ourselves part of most, in theory all, the things that we "observe". And in practice of all the most important ones, the ones that fall into the psycho-social field then you have to accept the fact that we need the experience of an agent just as much as we need the observations of the observer....
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The Industrial Revolution and Time
History & The Arts

The Industrial Revolution and Time

...out more about The Open University's History qualifications Before the middle of the eighteenth century - the beginning of the Industrial Revolution - perceptions of time were generally hazy, (except perhaps for a handful of scientists). The means by which the passage of time were measured were rough and ready. A stick in the ground – or any conspicuous landmark –...
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