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Helen Langdon's ‘Caravaggio’
History & The Arts

Helen Langdon's ‘Caravaggio’

...opening their doors to scholars, and the history of art as a discipline accepting a wider range of sources. Part of Caravaggio's attraction for his contemporary biographers and for modern art historians is precisely the mix of art and artist that Hibbard highlights in his analysis of The Martyrdom of St Matthew. Leoni's portrait of Caravaggio is the first illustration in...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
In smokiest Sheffield
History & The Arts

In smokiest Sheffield

...opened the valves of my hansom for me. My explanation to my soul was that I had no penny in my pocket, and that it would have been folly little short of crime to give so needy a wretch sixpence. But would it? Would it have corrupted him, since pauperize him further it could not? I advise the reader who finds himself in the like case to give the sixpence, and if he cares...
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Business ethics
History & The Arts

Business ethics

...Open University. Nigel: For more information about Ethics Bites, and about the Open University, go to open2.net. David: “That’ll be a short discussion then”, somebody commented when told we were doing a podcast on business and ethics. In fact, there is a strange shortage of philosophical literature on business ethics. In contrast, there’s a library of books on...
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Art in Renaissance Venice
History & The Arts

Art in Renaissance Venice

...Figure 29: with permission of the British Library, shelf mark C.20.5.3. Figure 30: © RMN / Thierry Le Mage. Don't miss out: If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University - www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Engineering: environmental fluids
Science, Maths & Technology

Engineering: environmental fluids

...Open University course, T229 Mechanical engineering: heat and flow....Engineering: environmental fluids: Introduction - We all have constant daily experience of fluids, from breathing air to taking showers and checking weather forecasts, which means that we all have a great deal of intuitive knowledge about how they behave; this course will build on that knowledge. The...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
Geometry
Science, Maths & Technology

Geometry

...open as wide as possible. [Obtuse angle] Figure ang3 Half turn (Straight angle) This corresponds to a straight line; it is exactly 180°. The pages of an open book that is lying flat approximately describe a half turn. [Half turn (Straight angle)] Reflex angle Any angle that is between a half turn and a complete turn; that is, between 180° and 360°. When a box is opened...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Introducing mammals
Nature & Environment

Introducing mammals

...resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University - www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...Introducing mammals: References - Burgin, C. J., Colella, J. P., Kahn, P. L., Upham, N. S. (2018). ‘How many species of mammal are there?’, Journal of Mammalogy, 99(1): 1–14 [Online]. Available at https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyx147 Liu, L., Zhang, J., Rheindt,...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Environment: understanding atmospheric and ocean flows
Nature & Environment

Environment: understanding atmospheric and ocean flows

...overlooked, the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity. Don't miss out If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses....
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs