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Mathematical models: from sundials to number engines
Science, Maths & Technology

Mathematical models: from sundials to number engines

...use of knots. Wooden tallies for buying beer How wholesale beer sales were recorded using notches on wooden tallies. John Napier's mathematical creations John Napier's method of multiplication and logarithms, and how Charles Babbage corrected his calculations. Babbage's engine of precision Charles Babbage's ingenious mechanical device to compute mathematical equations....
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Audio 16 mins
Religion in history: conflict, conversion and coexistence
History & The Arts

Religion in history: conflict, conversion and coexistence

...multiple religious communities has been a source of both opposition and diversity since the very foundation of human civilization. This album explores the interaction of competing communities in compelling depth, highlighting periods and cities that experienced turbulence, and occasionally harmony, from such an intermingling of beliefs and ideas. A huge historical range,...
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Audio 2 hrs 2 mins
The Final Cut
History & The Arts

The Final Cut

...multiple images on one screen as well as hiding something from the audience. Adding text to video Titles and visuals are a quick and simple way to give the audience more information. Adding sound to video Sound is just as important as the picture: it controls the emotion of a sequence. Ben Harrex uses three pieces of music to demonstrate this. Wrapping up Ben Harrex wraps...
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Audio 13 mins
Causal loop diagrams
Science, Maths & Technology

Causal loop diagrams

...multiple cause and sign graph diagrams in purpose and structure. They have been developed out of the systems dynamics movement and are most used in organisational settings. Causal loop diagrams are used to graphically depict dynamic interrelationships among variables you may not have considered before. They allow you to see how parts of a system that are separated by...
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Video 10 mins
Messaging apps – paying attention and timing it right
Languages

Messaging apps – paying attention and timing it right

...multiple encounters and activities, both online and offline. Importantly, how we distribute our attention has a social dimension – we have to secure other people’s attention, show that we are paying attention to others, and interpret others’ displays of attention. Mobile messaging conversations are not only shaped by the other things we are simultaneously attending...
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Article 5 mins
Telling Tales: what is happening on police Facebook sites?
Society, Politics & Law

Telling Tales: what is happening on police Facebook sites?

...multiple authors, at multiple points in time, and is produced and directed by a staff of extremely motivated ‘crew’ in the form of the local community members. Firstly, the stories told on these sites show that the police make choices about what to “tell” but they are not the only scriptwriters. When the police post a story or part of a story, they normally post a...
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Article 10 mins
Introduction to differentiation
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to differentiation

...multiplication time full stop For example, if the man walks at a constant velocity of 6 kilometres per hour, then after two hours his displacement is left parenthesis six multiplication two right parenthesis km equals 12 km full stop However, suppose that the man doesn’t walk at a constant velocity. For example, he might become more tired as he walks, and hence...
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Level 1: Introductory 18 hrs
Shakespeare: For All Time?
History & The Arts

Shakespeare: For All Time?

...Multiple theatre companies in the US with “Shakespeare” in their name have reported receiving death threats and hate mail as media attention has intensified. What this controversy illustrates is the uncanny ability of Shakespeare’s works to remain in our public consciousness even 400 years after Shakespeare’s death. They retain their ability to shock and provoke...
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Video 10 mins