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Plato, opinions and the statues of Daedalus
History & The Arts

Plato, opinions and the statues of Daedalus

...works are written as dialogues, in which a small group of characters discuss a philosophical question. The dialogues are usually set in the recent past, and the other characters are often real people – prominent public figures, whom his readers might well have known. It is as if a modern-day philosopher gave up writing books and articles and began to write philosophical...
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Article 10 mins
Data and processes in computing
Digital & Computing

Data and processes in computing

...works. These comments are not peculiar to the fifth till at the supermarket. The supermarket's computer stores data for each active till. The data for each till can be seen as a variable, and so needs its own identifier — such as till1, till2, and so on. Indeed, the term variable is used for any named area of computer memory, storing data that may change. Now suppose...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
Mark Twain on whether Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare
History & The Arts

Mark Twain on whether Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare

...work of Shakespeare really cooked up by Bacon? Mark Twain recounts a long journey and a longer argument...Scattered here and there through the stacks of unpublished manuscript which constitute this formidable Autobiography and Diary of mine, certain chapters will in some distant future be found which deal with "Claimants"--claimants historically notorious: Satan,...
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Article 5 mins
David Allen - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

David Allen - Earth in Vision

...work ten times harder to make those stories impactful or interesting. Attracting an audience: What money can buy Totally, texture, variety of location, expense, they can sniff the expense of a programme from a long way off and that gives it an import, I think. People take note of something like Planet Earth, because it’s so glorious and beautiful, and they know when...
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Video 30 mins
Aeroplane Design and Engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

Aeroplane Design and Engineering

...works with the pilot through each phase of flight. Many of us only know take-off, cruise and landing. There are actually seven phases of flight, beginning with preflight phase when the pilot and controller ensure that the predetermined route is understood and that a runway is clear for takeoff. The other steps in order are: Take-off, departure, en route (cruising at...
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Activity 20 mins
Understanding mortgages
Money & Business

Understanding mortgages

...worked out. So if the interest rate received on the savings account is lower than that charged on the mortgage - which typically it is - this can be a good deal. In effect, your savings are earning interest at the mortgage rate. Usually, you can still draw your savings out - for example for a holiday or life’s uncertainties - then of course, the interest charged on the...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Intermediate French: 14 July
Languages

Intermediate French: 14 July

...compounds (venir – revenir) and with all reflexive verbs (such as se laver). You will work on these later in the course, but in the meantime you should try to learn the six sentences shown below. Note that when être is used, the past participle agrees with the subject. For example, the basic past participle of partir is parti; in the singular this appears as parti (with a masculine subject) or partie (with a feminine ......
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Galaxies, stars and planets
Science, Maths & Technology

Galaxies, stars and planets

...working lifetime of a scientist or the time since many modern astronomical methods were developed). Stellar evolutionary processes generally take far too long for anyone to see a noticeable change in their properties (although there are exceptions). It's possible, however, to observe many different stars, all at different stages of their evolution, and try to build a...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs