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Introduction to complex analysis
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to complex analysis

...Open University course M337 Complex Analysis, which develops the theory of functions of a complex variable, emphasising their geometric properties and indicating some applications...This free course, Introduction to complex analysis, is an extract from the third level Open University course M337 Complex analysis, which develops the theory of functions of a complex...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
A brief history of evolution
History & The Arts

A brief history of evolution

...Open University's Natural Sciences qualifications. Evolutionary concepts first appeared in early Greek writings, for example, in the work of Anaximander and Empedocles. Anaximander proposed that animals could be transformed from one kind to another, and Empedocles speculated that they could be made up of various combinations of pre-existing parts. However, evolutionary...
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Article 30 mins
Ratting out disease: How animals are detecting disease - and other threats to life
Health, Sports & Psychology

Ratting out disease: How animals are detecting disease - and other threats to life

...opens it, revealing a small hole. Charles sniffs at it… and moves on. The hole is re-closed, and there’s a clink of metal as the next plate is yanked back. This time, Charles is gripped. He sniffs hard, scratching at the metal, the five claws on each paw splayed with the pressure. The technician calls out “Two!” Over by the window, her colleague is holding a...
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Article 5 mins
Exploring sport online: Athletes and efficient hearts
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring sport online: Athletes and efficient hearts

...open it so that you can see the second hand. Now put your fingers on your wrist as shown in Figure 6. If you can feel your pulse there, count how many times the artery pulses for thirty seconds, then double this number to find your own heart rate. Discussion Some people have trouble finding the pulse in their wrist, so don’t worry if you can’t find it easily. Another...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Manufacturing
Science, Maths & Technology

Manufacturing

...source. So manufacturing applies to artificial products: it does not apply to natural products which grow on the surface of our planet, can be found in the Earth's crust or exist in the atmosphere. On the contrary, such products are the source of what we call natural or physical resources and which are the starting point for all manufactured items. Such resources are also...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Ahead of Super Tuesday, what have we learned about the candidates?
Society, Politics & Law

Ahead of Super Tuesday, what have we learned about the candidates?

...sources as well, including the violent chaos in the Middle East, the chronic nature of illegal immigration, the economic instability caused by globalization and deep-seated conservative hostility to America’s changing demographics. The result is a toxic brew of fear and paranoia. A January 2016 CNN poll found that 88 percent of Republicans believe that America is headed...
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Terrorism in Europe and beyond: A reading list
Society, Politics & Law

Terrorism in Europe and beyond: A reading list

...source of grievance in affected communities” than the UK’s counter-terrorism laws. Read: Calls for deradicalisation programs after Nice attack should be met with caution The role of mental illness in radicalisation and terror is an area of dispute - the shifting of focus from professed religious affiliations to possible mental health problems can sometimes just...
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Article 30 mins
The animals are rebelling because they are dying. And we should too. Lessons from a modern-day fable
Nature & Environment

The animals are rebelling because they are dying. And we should too. Lessons from a modern-day fable

...source. The human response in this story is entirely predictable in sending in ‘experts’ to drive the bears away, or worse cull them. Despite ecologists’ warnings that polar bears will be pushed to extinction by climate change, all the world seems to be able to do is to keep watching this slow-motion extinction unfold with Belushya Guba being a window into this...
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Article 15 mins