Offshore Hydromechanics
Offshore Hydromechanics includes the following modules:
1. Hydrostatics, static floating stability, constant 2-D potential flow of ideal fluids, and flows in real fluids. Introduction to resistance and propulsion of ships. Review of linear regular and irregular wave theory.
2. Analytical and numerical means to determine the flow around, forces on, and motions of floating bodies in waves.
3. Higher order potential theory and inclusion of non-linear effects in ship motions. Applications to motio
From Start-up to Market Dominance in the Field of Surgical Robotics - Lonnie Smith (Intuitive Surgic
Lonnie Smith, President and CEO of Intuitive Surgical, discusses Intuitive's path from start-up to market dominance in the field of surgical robotics.
New economic powers: China
Introduction to the BRICs and China's political economy - lecture given by Dr Yueh.
Probability Surprises – Math or Magic?
Presented by Matthew de Courcy-Ireland in honour of the late William Moser, Professor Emeritus at the McGill Department of Mathematics and Statistics.
09 Fashion Victims
The media is being used as a convenient scapegoat for the development of eating disorders. This is the view of Professor Kenneth Nunn from Sydney University, Australia who will be speaking at the ninth in a series of debates on topical issues in psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry.
He will argue that evidence suggests that the onset of an eating disorder has little to do with the media and everything to do with individual biological and psychological vulnerabilities.
Vehemently opposing
1.2 Hints before you start
Handling statistical data is an essential part of psychological research. However, many people find the idea of using statistics, and especially statistical software packages, extremely daunting. This unit takes a step-by-step approach to statistics software through seven interactive activities. No statistics software is needed.
Visual Images in Social Sciences
How do social scientists use visual images?
What does a picture or image tell you? This unit is an introduction to analysing and interpreting photographs as social data. Who controls what the image is saying? You will look at how photographs provide visual evidence and how they can illustrate and support our ideas about society. This material is from our archive and is an adapted extract from Introducing the social sciences (DD100) which is no longer taught by The
1.1 Why look at photographs?
What does a picture or image tell you? This unit is an introduction to analysing and interpreting photographs as social data. Who controls what the image is saying? You will look at how photographs provide visual evidence and how they can illustrate and support our ideas about society.
Nietzsche Source. Scholarly Nietzsche editions on the web
Introduction to the scholarly editions of Nietzsche Source: the digital critical edition based on Colli/Montinary, the digital edition of the Nietzsche estate including works, manuscripts and letters and the future genetic edition of Nietzsche's works
Statistical Mechanics Lecture 1 (March 30, 2009)
classical quantum physics, science, biology, engineering, thermodynamics, math, formula, space, statistics, variable, methodology, probability distribution, reality, proof, symmetry, operation, axis, a priori, dynamical system, law of motion, rules, rando
Statistical Mechanics Lecture 2 (April 6, 2009)
classical quantum physics, science, biology, engineering, thermodynamics, math, formula, space, statistics, variable, methodology, probability distribution, entropy, maximize, thermal equilibrium, function, variable, average, minimum value, equation, lamb
Statistical Mechanics Lecture 3 (April 13, 2009)
classical quantum physics, science, biology, engineering, thermodynamics, math, formula, space, statistics, variable, methodology, probability distribution, entropy, heat bath, fixed system, average energy, state, factorial, N, n, #, maximize, logarithm,
Statistical Mechanics Lecture 5 (April 27, 2009)
classical quantum physics, science, biology, engineering, theory, thermodynamics, math, formula, space, statistics, variable, methodology, probability distribution, entropy, center of mass, radius, kinetic energy, moment of inertia, position, angle, momen
Statistical Mechanics Lecture 6 (May 4, 2009)
classical quantum physics, science, biology, engineering, theory, thermodynamics, math, formula, phase space, statistics, variable, methodology, probability distribution, entropy, second law of thermodynamics, Newton's law of motion, trajectory, inverse,
Ermaine De Etaël on the nation and nationalism
There are few historical figures as dramatically enticing and colourfully
enigmatic as Germaine de Staël. The young Germaine had an early introduction
to the culture of the French Enlightenment through her mother's influential
Paris-based salo. De Staël's (Running Time 51:52)
Introduction This unit explores the commemoration of war through treating two war memorials – the Sandham Memorial Chapel and the Royal Artillery Memorial – as 'visual texts'. By helping you to respond to visual cues the unit aims for you to develop your understanding of these memorials, not only as memorials, but as artefacts or 'made objects'. It does this through consideration of such factors as the location of the monument; its function and purpose; its symbolism or realism; use of materials and o
9. Exploring the Synergy Between Live Music Performance and Tabletop Tangible Interfaces: the Reacta
science, technology, engineering, computer, people design, music, group, musician, sound processing, voice, tabletop interface, interaction, graphical user interface, collaboration, performance, live, instruments, multithreaded, innovative, synthesizer, i
Acknowledgements
Designed products surround us all and range from bus tickets to buildings. This unit focuses firmly on usability and the increasingly important phenomenon of people-centred design. It aims to inform consumers of design (i.e., all of us) about this crucial characteristic of design. The unit is derived from the Open University course T211 on Design and Designing, but as well as stimulating interest in areas of concern for producers of design it might also provide an introduction to engineering, ma
Comparing modelled and observed temperature
This unit provides an introduction to global warming. We will be considering the history of global warming by looking at the pattern of ice ages and analyisis of recorded temperatures. We will aim to gather meaningful information from this data. We will briefly assess the impact and influence of humans on global warming and, finally, we will examine climate models and how to predict future changes.
1.1.1 Assessing your current level of knowledge
This unit will help you to identify and use information in maths and statistics, whether for your work, study or personal purposes. Experiment with some of the key resources in this subject area, and learn about the skills which will enable you to plan searches for information, so you can find what you are looking for more easily. Discover the meaning of information quality, and learn how to evaluate the information you come across. You will also be introduced to the many different ways of organ
