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...physical Universe and the life within it. Scientists acquire knowledge by engaging in four fundamentally important and connected tasks. The first is observation: they observe the natural world and the space beyond it, and both describe and record what they see. Second, they construct hypotheses to explain what they see. Third, they carry out experiments where possible to...

...physical movement of people (expressed in passenger-kilometres) is actually necessary. Could those journeys that are necessary be made in less energy and pollution intensive modes? This course includes a detailed consideration of current transport technologies, starting with petrol and diesel engines, looking at the efforts to reduce their environmental impact since the...

...physical properties of a particular habitat interact with the organisms that inhabit it. Using case studies, you will come to learn how knowledge of ecosystems leads to understanding of their individual importance, and how they can be preserved...Gain an understanding of the natural world and how the web of life works, with illustrations from around the world. This course...

...physical components, the ‘system architecture’, and software (the programs making up an application), the ‘software architecture’. Let’s first define what we mean by ‘software architecture’ by considering the following interpretations. According to Shaw and Garlan in Software Architecture: Perspectives on an Emerging Discipline, (1996): The architecture of a...