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19.08.2010	fractions, decimals, percentages and ratios 1 Text update - improved and clarified.	updated document in zone
17.08.2010	RPI (retail price index) and CPI (consumer price index) Section updated in the light of further flummery fromp the UK government. (End note 21, a helpful expansion on CPI and RPI, has also been expanded.)	updated document in
26.07.2010	hoover dam canyon bridge or the mike o’callaghan-pat tilman memorial bridge Amazing engineering feat nearing its end - how to span a river 900 feet below and nearly a mile wide. This bridge will be the second-highest in the USA. Generously photo illustrated.	new document in
22.06.2010	fossil fuels are a dirty business Photo illustrations of the filthy business of extracting fossil fuels from the Earth. Updated and expanded.	new document in
14.06.2010	Cestas aire - a stop on the Wild West, Bordeaux to the Spanish border - the N10 and A63 Going south from Bordeaux, is the Cestas Aire with services. Connected to the northbound aire by tunnel and much used by trucking traffic, Cestas is busy and not very attractive. However, on the southbound side there is a very interesting shop selling local regional products, including wines. Generously photo-illustrated.	new section to the Wild West, Bordeaux to the Spanish border - the N10 and A63 in the fr an ce zone
05/06/2010	Transbordeur bridges in France and the world 1: why, who, when, where A French design (probably), these are magnificent monuments of nineteenth-century engineering and ingenuity. Generously photo illustrated. Transbordeur bridges in France and the world 2: focus on Portugalete, Chicago, Rochefort-Martrou Focus of three of these magnificent and intriguing examples of engineering architecture. Generously photo illustrated.	new documents in
29/05/2010	Germans in France - St. Quentin cathedral Held by the Germans for six years, almost destroyed and found with the remaining walls ready to be blown. Fortunately, the vandals were chased away in time. Photos, plans.	new document in the fr an ce zone
25/05/2010	Germans in France - Arras cathedral On the Western Front during much of WW1, Arras cathedral and its town suffered terribly as Germans captured the town or were driven back.	new document in the fr an ce zone
23/05/2010	Germans in France - Reims cathedral What happend to Reims cathedral during WW1, focusing on two renowned statues.	new document in the fr an ce zone
17/05/2010	Germans in France - Cambrai Cathedral Germans in France - Soissons Cathedral Subsidary documents to Germans in France, what happened to these cathedrals during WW1.	new documents in the fr an ce zone
14/05/2010	Germans in France beta release The effect of successive German incursions into its neighbour France.	new document in the fr an ce zone
3/05/2010	understanding, calculating and changing bases Numbers are counted in groups called bases, to make it easier to count larger groups (or sets) of numbers. A simple explanation of how to count in different bases using abelard’s educational counter, together with some everyday examples.	new document in zone
21/04/2010	motorway aires: the A20 - the Occitane, from Brive to Montauban Historic and modern - spectacular places to visit on your journey through the centre of France. Maps and copious photo-illustrations.	new document in the fr an ce zone
09/04/2010	in Poitou-Charentes - the A87 motorway and its aires Where to pause on your journey down (or up) France's western coast. Maps, photos.	new document in the fr an ce zone
04/04/2010	in Poitou-Charentes - the A837 motorway A short autoroute between Saintes and Rochefort on France’s western coast, with two very interesting stop-offs (aires). Plentifully photo-illustrated.	new document in the fr an ce zone
02/01/2010	Gustave Eiffel’s first work: the Eiffel passerelle, Bordeaux The builder of the Eiffel Tower’s first work, much used and loved, almost destroyed, now a national monument. Photo illustrated.	new document in the fr an ce zone
22/03/2010	in poitou-charentes: motorway aires on the A83 Running through the attractive, often wetland, countryside of the Poitou-Charentes region of France, the A83 autoroute has several prety and interesting rest areas. With photo illustrations.	new document in the fr an ce zone
9/03/2010	a fifth bridge coming to bordeaux: pont bacalan-bastide, a new vertical lift bridge A fifth bridge is coming to Bordeaux, the Pont Bacalan-Bastide, a solution that allows the entry of tall ships into Bordeaux, while providing a much needed river crossing.	new document in the fr an ce zone
18/02/2010	Ile de France, Paris: in the context of Abelard and of French cathedrals being developed The earliest part of Paris, and so of France. Maps, engravings, photos.	new document in the fr an ce zone
10/02/2010	writing down sets and set logic equations	new document in zone
25/01/2010	France’s western isles: Ile de Ré One of the sunniest places in France, a place that is now easily accessible, but with a feeling of comfortable remoteness.	new document in the fr an ce zone
15/01/2010	how to teach your child number arithmetic mathematics - understanding sets being developed A set are another name for a box into which you group similar or dissimilar objects. How to handle sets.	new document in zone
11/11/2009	how to teach your child number arithmetic mathematics - orders of magnitude, indices and logarithms Step by step explanations, in clear language, of some important tools in maths.	new document in zone
28/10/2009	isolating elements and nicely complicated equations Keeping sums in balance - learning with the equations of the pendulum and the resistor. Photo-illustrated. being developed What are graphs and charts? Let’s show you how they work.	new document and document expansion in zone
20.10.2009 01.10.2009	on immunology Finding your way more easily through the jargon-loaded sources on the area of immunology. on vaccines The reliability of understanding graphs and chartsvaccines; treatment risks and benefits; cervical cancer vaccines, cervarix and gardasil; on human papillomavirus	new mini-documents
11.10.2009	equality and equations Keeping sums in balance	new document in zone
12.09.2009	prime numbers and factors, the sieve of Eratosthenes beta release Prime numbers and factors of numbers are important concepts to understand when doing sums with fractions. Simple, illustrated explanations. Beta release.	new document in zone
03.09.2009	fractions, decimals and percentages 1 beta release Fractions, decimals and percentages are all effectively the ‘same’ thing. This first page concentrates on what are fractions and how to do simple additions and subtractions with fractions.	new document in zone
26.08.2009	the brilliant abelard.org counter Count up, count down, in binary, in decimal, in hexadecimal, or whatever you choose. Even count backwards in negative decimals. An excellent, fluent and very useful tool for all sums learners and teachers.	new interactive tool in zone
09.10.2008	find the topic that interests you at abelard.org An alphabetical resource for finding topics of interest. Subjects at a glance.

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