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Introduction to quantum computing
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to quantum computing

...University course SM380 Quantum physics: fundamentals and applications...Quantum computing is a developing field with enormous potential societal and economic impact. In the future, quantum computers will enable us to solve a range of complex problems that are currently intractable, potentially revolutionising key sectors including medicine, finance and the pharmaceutical...
Icy bodies: Europa and elsewhere
Science, Maths & Technology

Icy bodies: Europa and elsewhere

...University course S283 Planetary science and the search for life...Icy bodies: Europa and elsewhere: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: discuss processes upon and within, and internal structure of, differentiated icy bodies (primarily large satellites) in comparison with the terrestrial planets describe the conditions that may be...
Level 2: Intermediate 17 hrs
Sure, I know how to talk to people!
Money & Business

Sure, I know how to talk to people!

...University, including Laurence Alison, has found that actually, there are two versions of the wheel, one of which is adaptive and one of which is maladaptive. And so there are positive and negative variants of the same sort of behaviour. And they've added a little bit more complexity to the wheel as well to show that there are different areas that you can move around and...
Everyday maths 1 (Northern Ireland)
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 1 (Northern Ireland)

...University digital badge. The badge is a great way to demonstrate your interest in the subject. What you learn by completing the course will really help if you wish to enrol on a formal qualification. Once you are signed in, you can manage your digital badges online from your OpenLearn Profile. In addition, you can download and print your OpenLearn Statement of...
On-screen graphic design: The early years of television
Science, Maths & Technology

On-screen graphic design: The early years of television

...University programming began, with a whole new unit set up to deal with its graphic needs. It was here that experiments with character generators began. Typical graphic design during the sixties saw a move to a greater use of photography and more detailed illustration, due mainly to the fact that 625-line transmissions when they were launched in 1964, allowed greater...
Bill Hare - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Bill Hare - Stories of Change

...universal understanding that everyone had to act globally before we could solve the problem, it wasn’t just within the province of a few players to solve the climate change problem… By the time you got maybe 20 countries you would basically solve the problem at that point. So we knew it was a much bigger issue and we figured there had to be an international, legal...
A Victorian Christmas: Christmas in Dreamthorp
History & The Arts

A Victorian Christmas: Christmas in Dreamthorp

...universal guest. With what propriety is this jovial season, placed amid dismal December rains and snows! How one pities the unhappy Australians, with whom everything is turned topsy-turvy, and who hold Christmas at midsummer! The face of Christmas glows all the brighter for the cold. The heart warms as the frost increases. Estrangements which have embittered the whole...
Doug Allan - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Doug Allan - Earth in Vision

...universities there was a Blue Planet blip: all their applications for marine biology courses all kicked up for two or three years after Blue Planet, because of the impact that that series made on the public. Should the environmental programme accompanying Blue Planet have been shown on a different channel? Blue Planet came out as eight blue chip, straight natural history...