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Busting the language-learning myths
Languages

Busting the language-learning myths

...table top] Select the image to start busting those language-learning myths! Tip: If you are using a mouse, hold your pointer towards the top, bottom, left or right of the screen to navigate. For best results, use a modern web browser. Upgrade to the latest version of Internet Explorer or try a free alternative like Google Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Image credits: Morning...
Alkali metals
Science, Maths & Technology

Alkali metals

...Table. They are in fact very soft metals that can be cut with a knife and have relatively low melting temperatures. They do not occur naturally because they react readily with air and moisture and so need to be stored under oil. One of the signature reactions of alkali metals is their reaction with water to form alkaline solutions, for example sodium reacts with water to...
La historia del español en unos seis minutos
Languages

La historia del español en unos seis minutos

...De dónde vienen palabras como siesta, cerveza o paella? ¿Qué lenguas han influido en el español? ...Descubre, a través de estos vídeos animados, la fascinante historia del español y sus hablantes y cómo ha evolucionado desde sus orígenes hasta convertirse en una lengua global hablada. También podrás escuchar el español tal y como se hablaba a lo largo de su...
Introduction to music theory 2: pitch and notation
History & The Arts

Introduction to music theory 2: pitch and notation

...Table 1 lays out the frequencies conventionally associated with the twelve notes above that note (called A220 in the table and located in the lowest row). Table 1 Frequencies for A below middle C and the twelve notes above it (after Suits, 1998) NOTE NAME FREQUENCY IN HERTZ DISTANCE FROM A220 IN HERTZ DISTANCE FROM THE NOTE BELOW IN HERTZ DISTANCE FROM A220 IN CENTS...
Confessions of an English Opium Eater
History & The Arts

Confessions of an English Opium Eater

...De Quincey’s notorious nineteenth century book, Confessions of an English Opium Eater, is also considered the first autobiographical account of drug addiction. It influenced not just generations of narcoticized writers but even medical opinion on the effects of opium for decades after its publication. In the Georgian era of 1821, opium – in the form of laudanum - was...
How Spanish sounded across its history
Languages

How Spanish sounded across its history

...de la Historia] Glosa emilianense, Codice 60, folio 72r, manuscript kept at the Real Academia de la Historia. Transcript Libro de buen amor Listen to a passage from El libro de buen amor (The Book of Good Love), written in 1330 by Juan Ruiz, Arcipreste de Hita (c. 1283–c. 1350), considered one of the masterpieces of Spanish poetry. It is a pseudo-autobiographical...
Babylonian mathematics
Science, Maths & Technology

Babylonian mathematics

...tables. Nearly all of the texts that give us our fullest understanding of Babylonian mathematics—indeed, of any mathematics before the Greeks—date from about 1800—1600 BC. During this period, King Hammurabi unified Mesopotamia out of a rabble of small city-states into an empire whose capital was Babylon, which was on the river Euphrates sixty miles south of...
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Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Spain
Languages

Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Spain

...de Santiago are linked to a particular Christian saint, and Spanish nuns are famous for the range of cakes and biscuits sold in their convents. Introduction: Spanish España tiene gran variedad de panes, pero el producto que mejor refleja su diversidad geográfica y cultural es la empanada, ya que cada región la rellena con los productos locales. La religión también...