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Combating air pollution
Science, Maths & Technology

Combating air pollution

...Open University course. This material forms part of The Open University course T210 Environmental control and public health... Air pollution Keeping watch on the invisible. The Clean Air Act banished smog from our cities in the 1950s, but today there are new types of air pollution . Pollution: shipping How do we measure pollution in the air and what vehicles have the...
Myth in the Greek and Roman Worlds: the Temple of Diana at Nemi
History & The Arts

Myth in the Greek and Roman Worlds: the Temple of Diana at Nemi

...Open University course A330 Myth in the Greek and Roman worlds... Myth in the Greek and Roman Worlds: the Temple of Diana at Nemi A short introduction to this album. The Temple of Diana at Nemi: temple model Examining the mysterious miniature terracotta model of temple, found at Nemi. The Temple of Diana at Nemi: anatomical votive What can we learn about Diana and her...
Darwinian Demons
Science, Maths & Technology

Darwinian Demons

...Open University, explains how Darwinian theory uses the concept of niche specialisation to account for the diversity of flora and fauna on Earth. If it were not for environmental niches, Darwinian 'demons', might emerge, powerful species whose evolutionary fitness makes them all conquering. However, according to Darwin, the natural world is infinitely complex and...
Earth's physical resources: extracting coal and oil
Science, Maths & Technology

Earth's physical resources: extracting coal and oil

...Open cast mines A fault is an underground hazard. By drilling a series boreholes, miners start the safe development of an open cast mine. Oil in sand and shale How to get crude oil from the Athabasca oil sands and from Colorado oil shale - among the world's largest deposits of oil. Hidden oil reserves Describing what the Athabasca oil sands look like and the unique...
Lifecycle of the Car Industry
Money & Business

Lifecycle of the Car Industry

...Open University's Rules of the Game...[headlights] One very surprising thing about the car industry is that it could well have sprung up almost a hundred and fifty years earlier. The first steam car took to the road in France in 1867 – but Cugnot's novel idea just didn't catch on. Sir Clive Sinclair notes: "The whole point about innovation is that it is novel. If it's...
Why Do Historians Disagree?
History & The Arts

Why Do Historians Disagree?

...Open University's History courses and qualifications The reasons why historians disagree are many and varied, but the following represent some of them: Questions of the selection and relevance of evidence The method and the techniques of history Ideology and political predisposition The purpose for which history is studied in the first place More recently, arguments about...
Library of Alexandria
History & The Arts

Library of Alexandria

...Open University course A863 MA Classical Studies part 1...Library of Alexandria: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the ancient and modern significance of the Library of Alexandria critically assess the evidence in the different accounts of its destruction understand the ways in which different modern contexts and ideologies...
Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
Saint David's Day collection | Casgliad Dydd Gŵyl Dewi
Languages

Saint David's Day collection | Casgliad Dydd Gŵyl Dewi

As we celebrate St David's Day, the patron saint of Wales, you can learn more about Welsh language, culture and society with these free online learning resources...[Jesus Chapel St David] FREE ONLINE COURSES FREE ARTICLES AND ACTIVITIES Explore more from OpenLearn Study with The Open University