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Breaking the Silence: Crash Course Film History #10
545 views / 1 likes - addedNothing changed movies like the arrival of synchronous sound. NOTHING! Acting, directing, cinematography, and presentation all had to be rethought. Some studios were more quick to take on the challenge while others waited until the last moment. Some actor
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The Language of Film: Crash Course Film History #5
748 views / 0 likes - addedIn this episode of Crash Course Film History, we talk about the development of the language of films by filmmakers like Edwin S. Porter and his films; Life of an American Fireman and The Great Train Robbery. Produced in collaboration with PBS Digital Stud
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The Birth of the Feature Film: Crash Course Film History #6
740 views / 0 likes - addedMovies didn't always look like they do now. There was a period (kind of a problematic one) where movies transitioned from short novelties to big, epic, feature films. That's our focus this week as Craig talks to us about the birth of the feature film and
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World Cinema - Part 2: Crash Course Film History #15
566 views / 0 likes - addedAfrica, the Middle East, and South America have their own vibrant film communities and filmmakers. From social and political commentary to experimental films, these regions have made some very important pieces of cinema over the last century. In this epis
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World Cinema - Part 1: Crash Course Film History #14
715 views / 0 likes - addedThe world is a big place and cinema isn't limited to just the U.S. and Europe. There are a lot of vibrant and influential film movements and cultures from all over the world. In this episode of Crash Course Film History, Craig talks to us a little about s
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Movies are Magic: Crash Course Film History #1
733 views / 0 likes - addedWell, they're not really "magic." Maybe "illusion" is a better way to say it. As we begin this journey of the history of cinema, we need to understand how movies trick our brains into even understanding that a movie is a movie. In this episode of Crash Co
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Soviet Montage: Crash Course Film History #8
654 views / 0 likes - addedRussia went and had a revolution in 1917 and cinema was a big part of its aftermath. Even though film stock was hard to come by, we saw the first film school started, and the study of film became hugely important. Russian filmmakers started trying to unde
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Home Video: Crash Course Film History #13
623 views / 0 likes - addedAs the New Hollywood gained steam in the late 70s and early 80s, another revenue stream opened its doors: home video. From Betamax to Laserdisc to Bluray to streaming services, home video revolutionized how we ingest movies. In this episode of Crash Cours
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Independent Cinema: Crash Course Film History #12
635 views / 0 likes - addedHollywood was riding high until their formula got to be stale. In places like Italy and France (as well as other places in the world we'll talk about soon) filmmakers were starting to break out of the mold and make daring films that challenged the idea of
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The First Movie Camera: Crash Course Film History #2
704 views / 0 likes - addedAfter serial photography became a thing, it wasn't long before motion pictures started to develop. And, at the front of that development was Thomas Edison, who you may know as an inventor and business person. In this episode of Crash Course Film History,
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The Silent Era: Crash Course Film History #9
615 views / 0 likes - addedThe Silent Era of Hollywood set a lot of things into motion in terms of how movies were made and sold. Big stars were one of the main ways studios tried to make their movies stand apart from one another and get the public to make choices at the cinema. Bu
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Experimental and Documentary Films: Crash Course Film History #16
542 views / 1 likes - addedIt's Craig's last episode of Film and in it he's going to talk about weird stuff... and real stuff. Experimental and Documentary films could each take up their own Crash Course series. The different styles and intents of different filmmakers make each fil
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The Lumiere Brothers: Crash Course Film History #3
658 views / 1 likes - addedAs cinema started to take off, things like "single viewer" devices weren't going to cut it as the medium advanced. In this episode of Crash Course Film History, Craig talks to us about the Lumiere brothers, their invention of the Cinematographe, and the i
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Grip and Electric: Crash Course Film Production #10
548 views / 0 likes - addedIt's time to look at some of the most under-sung heroes of the film world, Grip and Electric. Doing everything from setting up dollies and tripods, to helping the cinematographer shape the light with flags and silks, the Grips are there to make it work pr
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Designing the World of Film: Crash Course Film Production #9
607 views / 0 likes - addedLiterally, ‘mise-en-scene’ means “placing on stage.” But in film, mise-en-scene encompasses everything the camera is capturing. The artists and crafts-people who work in Production Design, Wardrobe, and Hair and Makeup are responsible for setting the stag
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The Golden Age of Hollywood: Crash Course Film History #11
777 views / 0 likes - addedIt's time for the glitz and the glamour of big motion pictures that helped keep American spirits up during and after the Great Depression. Sound was a huge change to motion pictures, but there were still a few technological innovations to come, like color
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Georges Melies - Master of Illusion: Crash Course Film History #4
635 views / 0 likes - addedAfter the Lumiere brothers and Thomas Edison got the ball rolling with Vaudeville acts and Actualites, the time was coming for movie magic and fiction to make an appearance. The time was coming of filmmakers like Georges Melies and Alice Guy-Blache. Produ
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The Deep Future: Crash Course Big History #10
823 views / 2 likes - addedFinally, after what seems like eons and eons, the end is nigh. We're talking not only about the end of Crash Course Big History, but also the end of everything. The end of humanity and the end of the universe.John and Hank Green will teach you about what
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The Editor: Crash Course Film Production #12
535 views / 0 likes - addedThe Editor is yet another unsung hero in the filmmaking process. For a century of film history, Editors have taken raw footage and worked to transform it into a cohesive whole. Basically making one thing from many. But, how do they do it? In this episode
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Witchcraft: Crash Course European History #10
416 views / 2 likes - addedDuring our last several episodes, Europe and the European-controlled world have been in crisis. Wars, disease, climate changes, and shifts in religious and political power threw the European world into turmoil. People were looking for a scapegoat, and for
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The Roman Empire. Or Republic. Or...Which Was It?: Crash Course World History #10
1,053 views / 1 likes - addedIn which John Green explores exactly when Rome went from being the Roman Republic to the Roman Empire. Here's a hint: it had something to do with Julius Caesar, but maybe less than you think. Find out how Caesar came to rule the empire, what led to him ge
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The Filmmaker's Army: Crash Course Film Production #3
539 views / 0 likes - addedWho does what on a film set? And how many of them are there? What is HMU? What is a Scripty? In this episode of Crash Course Film Production, Lily gives us A BIG OVERVIEW on the Production Team. Who they are, who they report to, and why they're important.
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Citizen Kane: Crash Course Film Criticism #1
557 views / 0 likes - addedTry CuriosityStream today: http://curiositystream.com/crashcourse and use the promo code "crashcourse" to get the first two months free! Is Citizen Kane the BEST MOVIE EVER MADE? Is that even an answerable question? Michael Aranda will try to help us thro
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Aliens: Crash Course Film Criticism
643 views / 0 likes - addedJames Cameron rocketed onto the action film scene with 1984's "The Terminator" and followed that up with a highly anticipated sequel to the 1979 film, "Alien." His film, "Aliens," would go on to not only be a financial success, but a critical one and has
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Producers: Crash Course Film Production #6
895 views / 1 likes - addedSo... what do Producers even do? It's a hard question to answer because there are so many different kinds of producers on a movie. In this episode of Crash Course Film Production, Lily Gladstone talks us through the different kinds of producers and what t
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The Director: Crash Course Film Production #7
512 views / 0 likes - addedSo... what do Directors even do? That's not an easy question to answer but today Lily will do her best. Generally, directors are the driving creative force behind a movie, deciding what kind of cinematic world the story will take place in, how the perform
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Screenplays: Crash Course Film Production #1
592 views / 0 likes - addedIf you want to make a movie, generally you're going to want to start with a script. In this episode of Crash Course Film Production, Lily Gladstone talks about the basics of screenplays and how to get started thinking about and actually writing your movie
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The Cinematographer: Crash Course Film Production #8
556 views / 0 likes - addedWho takes the pictures in a movie? Who is responsible for making a movie look good, or creating meaning with light and shadow, or make an action scene clear and thrilling? A lot of the time, that's the job of the cinematographer. In this episode of Crash
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Dissecting The Camera: Crash Course Film Production #4
721 views / 0 likes - addedSometimes the most intimidating part of making a movie is that little box of concentrated technology called "The Camera." But, FEAR NOT! In this episode of Crash Course Film Production, Lily helps us dissect the basics of modern movie cameras so you can h
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Special Effects: Crash Course Film Production #11
663 views / 0 likes - addedChances are, when you hear the phrase "Special Effects," you may have images pop into your mind. The Hulk smashing a city, a lightsaber fight, or maybe an alien world. But effects can be much more subtle and have been around really since the beginning of
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Glass Breaking Filmed at 10 Million Frames per Second
190 views / 0 likes - addedI show glass breaking at 10 million frames per secondCourtesy of Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto, Japan.For more information please visit: https://www.shimadzu.com/an/products/materials-testing/high-speed-video-camera/hyper-vision-hpv-x2/index.htmlSee the ful
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Thomas Jefferson&His Democracy: Crash Course US History #10
874 views / 3 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you about founding father and third president of the United States, Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson is a somewhat controversial figure in American history, largely because he, like pretty much all humans, was a big bundle of contra
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Pitching and Pre-Production: Crash Course Film Production #2
540 views / 0 likes - addedPitching your movie to people can be hard. A studio, a friend, your mom... each of these entities will have different stressed and give you different results. But, what's important in a pitch? And what happens after the pitch? How do you get your movie re
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Television Production: Crash Course Film Production #15
537 views / 0 likes - addedIn our final episode of Crash Course Film Production, it's time to take a look at television production and how it differs from feature film production. It's subtle but it has a lot to do with how television shows make money for their many different types
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Silence is golden (or just a bit awkward) | The Silence | Gumball | Cartoon Network |
17 views / 0 likes - addedClick to watch more of The Amazing World of Gumball - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fu2BjEH4u84&list=PL77ED97B132C66551Gumball, the amusing blue cat with a giant head and his best buddy Darwin, a pet goldfish who sprouted legs, step up the hilarity and
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Silence speaks volumes | The Silence | Gumball | Cartoon Network
260 views / 0 likes - addedClick to watch more of The Amazing World of Gumball - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fu2BjEH4u84&list=PL77ED97B132C66551Gumball, the amusing blue cat with a giant head and his best buddy Darwin, a pet goldfish who sprouted legs, step up the hilarity and
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History of the 4th of July: Crash Course US History Special
817 views / 3 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you a bit about the 4th of July. In this special short Crash Course, John celebrates American Independence Day by teaching you how the holiday came to be on the 4th of July, and the many ways that Americans celebrate the day. T
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Battles of the Civil War: Crash Course US History #19
922 views / 4 likes - addedDisclaimer: This is very different than the usual Crash Course US History episode. In which John Green lists a whole lot of the battles of the US Civil War in seven and a half minutes. We get a lot of requests for military history, so we offer a list of b
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Sound Production: Crash Course Film Production #5
1,146 views / 0 likes - addedGood sound is easy to miss because, usually, you're not paying attention to it. You're just simply, "in the story." But, sound recordists and engineers need to have a lot of technical know how as well as an instinct for story to help immerse us in the wor
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The Computer and Turing: Crash Course History of Science #36
474 views / 0 likes - addedComputers and computing have changed a lot over the History of Science but ESPECIALLY over the last 100 years. In this episode of Crash Course History of Science, we have a look at that history around World War Two and how that conflict forced changes in
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The Great Depression: Crash Course US History #33
1,862 views / 7 likes - addedYou can directly support Crash Course at http://www.subbable.com/crashcourse Subscribe for as little as $0 to keep up with everything we're doing. Free is nice, but if you can afford to pay a little every month, it really helps us to continue producing th
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Biotechnology: Crash Course History of Science #40
386 views / 0 likes - addedThe history of discovering what DNA is, what it looks like, and how it works is... complicated. But, in this episode of History of Science, Hank Green does his best to lay out the basics so we can understand the beginnings of Biotechnology.***Crash Course
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Japan in the Heian Period and Cultural History: Crash Course World History 227
1,303 views / 7 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you about what westerners call the middle ages and the lives of the aristocracy...in Japan. The Heian period in Japan lasted from 794CE to 1185CE, and it was an interesting time in Japan. Rather than being known for a thriving
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Marshmello - Silence Ft. Khalid (Official Music Video)
2,615 views / 19 likes - addedGet your NEW Mello™️ by Marshmello gear HERE ▶ http://shop.marshmellomusic.com Marshmello ft. Khalid - Silence Download "Silence" ft. Khalid: http://apple.co/2vZOmO4 Stream "Silence" ft. Khalid: http://spoti.fi/2hPu4k0 WATCH FIND ME MUSIC VIDEO ▶ https://
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Migration: Crash Course European History #29
390 views / 0 likes - addedBetween 1840 and 1914, an estimated 40 million people left Europe. This is one of the most significant migrations in human history. So, who was leaving Europe? And why? Crash Course is on Patreon! You can support us directly by signing up at http://www.pa
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A Light History of Light in 2 Minutes | Short Film Showcase
799 views / 1 likes - addedHave you ever thought of how light has changed with us? This experimental animation by Stephen Ong for Make It Move explores that thought, illustrating how light went "from the burning embers of a camp fire, to the white glow of the smartphone." The music
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Preserving One Square Inch of Silence
716 views / 0 likes - addedGordon Hempton is on a personal quest to preserve silence in nature. The “sound-tracker” circles the globe recording vanishing sounds, including the most elusive one of all: silence. Twelve years ago, Hempton resolved to find the quietest place in Washing
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The Modern Revolution: Crash Course Big History #8
807 views / 0 likes - addedIn which Hank and John Green teach you a Crash Course on the modern revolution, and the upside of the progress that humanity has made in the last 500 years or so. And while there are two sides to every history, and many of these changes haven't been great
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The Black Legend, Native Americans, and Spaniards: Crash Course US History #1
909 views / 1 likes - addedIn which John Green kicks off Crash Course US History! Why, you may ask, are we covering US History, and not more World History, or the history of some other country, or the very specific history of your home region? Well, the reasons are many. But, like
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The History of Game Shows: Crash Course Games #25
485 views / 0 likes - addedToday we're going to talk about game shows! Game shows have a long history going all the way back to the 1920s on the radio and then proliferating across media to the massive pop culture icons they are today. And they're different from most game genres we
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Decolonization and Nationalism Triumphant: Crash Course World History #40
889 views / 2 likes - addedREAD THIS: THERE ARE TWO MORE VIDEOS IN THE WORLD HISTORY SERIES. You should also turn on the captions. You'll like them. In which John Green teaches you about the post-World War II breakup of most of the European empires. As you'll remember from previous
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Why Human Ancestry Matters: Crash Course Big History 205
494 views / 0 likes - addedThis week, Emily Graslie is teaching you about human ancestry and geneaology, how we got to be the species we are, and why that matters in our zoomed out look at Big History. For more information, visit the Big History Project: http://www.bighistoryprojec
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Why Cosmic Evolution Matters: Crash Course Big History #201
481 views / 0 likes - addedCrash Course Big History is back! It turns out, we couldn't tell all of the 13.8 billion years of the history of the universe in 10 Crash Course Episodes. So, Big History host Emily Graslie has returned to add 6 more episodes that look at why the stuff we
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The Mughal Empire and Historical Reputation: Crash Course World History #217
990 views / 0 likes - addedThere's a new Crash Course poster with all your favorite World History characters! Czech it: http://store.dftba.com/products/crashcourse-characters-poster In which John Green teaches you about the Mughal Empire, which ruled large swaths of the Indian Sub-
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Obamanation: Crash Course US History #47
761 views / 0 likes - addedYou can directly support Crash Course at http://www.subbable.com/crashcourse Subscribe for as little as $0 to keep up with everything we're doing. Free is nice, but if you can afford to pay a little every month, it really helps us to continue producing th
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Thermodynamics: Crash Course History of Science #26
487 views / 0 likes - addedIt's time to heat things up! LITERALLY! It's time for Hank to talk about the history of Thermodynamics!!! It's messy and there are a lot of people who came up with some ideas that worked and other that didn't and then some ideas that should have come firs
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Wait For It...The Mongols!: Crash Course World History #17
969 views / 2 likes - addedCrash Course World History is now available on DVD! Visit http://dft.ba/-CCWHDVD to buy a set for your home or classroom. You can directly support Crash Course at http://www.subbable.com/crashcourse Subscribe for as little as $0 to keep up with everything
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Haitian Revolutions: Crash Course World History #30
1,265 views / 1 likes - addedIdeas like liberty, freedom, and self-determination were hot stuff in the late 18th century, as evidenced by our recent revolutionary videos. Although freedom was breaking out all over, many of the societies that were touting these ideas relied on slave l
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The Internet and Computing: Crash Course History of Science #43
306 views / 0 likes - addedWeve talked a lot about advances in biotech. But none of those could have happened without advances in computing. Its time to get back to data and explore the unlikely birth, strange life, and potential futures of the Internet. In this episode of Crash Co
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Why Human Evolution Matters: Crash Course Big History 204
698 views / 0 likes - addedThis week on Crash Course Big History, Emily is talking about process of human evolution, and the knack for innovation that has allowed humans to become so dominant on the Earth. Human innovation, and the ability to build on those innovations generation a
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Pixars first animated film: Tin Toy (1988) - Pixar Short Film
427 views / 0 likes - addedTin Toy (1988) is one of Pixar’s earliest animation films, and was a test of their photorealistic RenderMan software. As an animation project it brought new challenges to the fledgling company’s animators & creatives, namely the difficult
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The French Revolution: Crash Course World History #29
1,409 views / 3 likes - addedIn which John Green examines the French Revolution, and gets into how and why it differed from the American Revolution. Was it the serial authoritarian regimes? The guillotine? The Reign of Terror? All of this and more contributed to the French Revolution
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The Cold War: Crash Course US History #37
915 views / 3 likes - addedCrash Course World History is now available on DVD! Visit http://dft.ba/-CCWHDVD to buy a set for your home or classroom. You can directly support Crash Course at http://www.subbable.com/crashcourse Subscribe for as little as $0 to keep up with everything
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Luther and the Protestant Reformation: Crash Course World History #218
987 views / 3 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you about the Protestant Reformation. Prior to the Protestant Reformation, pretty much everyone in Europe was a Roman Catholic. Not to get all great man, but Martin Luther changed all that. Martin Luther didn't like the corrupt
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The Industrial Revolution: Crash Course History of Science #21
400 views / 0 likes - addedYou probably know some of the signs of industrialization in the nineteenth century: Trains connected cities, symbolizing progress. But they also brought about the destruction of rural lands, divisions between social classes, and rapid urbanization. But th
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The Rise of the West and Historical Methodology: Crash Course World History #212
893 views / 2 likes - addedIn which John Green talks about the methods of writing history by looking at some of the ways that history has been written about the rise of the West. But first he has to tell you what the West is. And then he has to explain the Rise of the West. And the
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Ancient & Medieval Medicine: Crash Course History of Science #9
531 views / 0 likes - addedThe history of medicine is about two of our big questions: one, what is life? What makes it so special, so fragile, so goopy!? Two, how do we know what we know? Why should I take my doctors advice? Why are deep-fried Oreos bad for me?It may be tempting to
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The New Astronomy: Crash Course History of Science #13
324 views / 0 likes - addedThis week on Crash Course: History of the Scientific Revolutionastronomical anomalies accrued. Meanwhile, in Denmarkan eccentric rich dude constructed not one but two science castles! And his humble German assistant synthesized a lot of new, old, and bold
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Islam, the Quran, and the Five Pillars All Without a Flamewar: Crash Course World History #13
1,062 views / 2 likes - addedCrash Course World History is now available on DVD! Visit http://dft.ba/-CCWHDVD to buy a set for your home or classroom. You can directly support Crash Course at http://www.subbable.com/crashcourse Subscribe for as little as $0 to keep up with everything
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Ford, Carter, and the Economic Malaise: Crash Course US History #42
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The Reagan Revolution: Crash Course US History #43
1,165 views / 1 likes - addedYou can directly support Crash Course at http://www.subbable.com/crashcourse Subscribe for as little as $0 to keep up with everything we're doing. Free is nice, but if you can afford to pay a little every month, it really helps us to continue producing th
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Genetics and The Modern Synthesis: Crash Course History of Science #35
301 views / 0 likes - addedRemember how Darwin and Mendel lived around the same time, but everyone forgot about Mendel until 1900, and even then biologists saw Darwinism and Mendelism as two competing grand theories about how life works?Well, in this episode of Crash Course History
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Expansion and Consequences: Crash Course European History #5
399 views / 0 likes - addedEuropean exploration had a lot of side effects. When the Old World and the New World began to interact, people, wealth, food, animals, and disease began to flow in both directions. In the New World, countless millions were killed by smallpox, measles, and
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Medieval Europe: Crash Course European History #1
737 views / 1 likes - addedOur European history is going to start around 1500 with the Renaissance, but believe it or not, that is not the actual beginning of history in the continent. So, today, we're going to teach you the broad outlines of the so-called Middle Ages, and look at
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Watch the first ever video of a chemical bond breaking and forming
412 views / 0 likes - addedPay attention to the 2 black atoms of a metal molecule being shot with a beam of electrons, breaking their bond and in the process revealing a transitional state where the atoms are neither fused or completely separated. This is the first time it has been
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Absolute Monarchy: Crash Course European History #13
720 views / 0 likes - addedSo far, the rulers of Europe have been working to consolidate their power and expand their kingdoms, and this is it. The moment they've been working toward: Absolute Monarchy. We're going to learn about how kings and queens became absolute rulers in Europ
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The Agricultural Revolution: Crash Course World History #1
839 views / 0 likes - addedCrash Course World History is now available on DVD! Visit http://dft.ba/-CCWHDVD to buy a set for your home or classroom. You can directly support Crash Course at http://www.subbable.com/crashcourse Subscribe for as little as $0 to keep up with everything
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The Industrial Revolution: Crash Course European History #24
574 views / 0 likes - addedWe've talked about a lot of revolutions in 19th Century Europe, and today we're moving on to a less warlike revolution, the Industrial Revolution. You'll learn about the development of steam power and mechanization, and the labor and social movements that
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World War II Part 2 - The Homefront: Crash Course US History #36
1,437 views / 3 likes - addedCrash Course World History is now available on DVD! Visit http://dft.ba/-CCWHDVD to buy a set for your home or classroom. You can directly support Crash Course at http://www.subbable.com/crashcourse Subscribe for as little as $0 to keep up with everything
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Christianity from Judaism to Constantine: Crash Course World History #11
852 views / 2 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you the history of Christianity, from the beginnings of Judaism and the development of monotheism, right up to Paul and how Christianity stormed the Roman Empire in just a few hundred years. Along the way, John will cover Abram
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Disease! Crash Course World History 203
973 views / 2 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you about disease, and the effects that disease has had in human history. Disease has been with man since the beginning, and it has shaped the way humans operate in a lot of ways. John will teach you about the Black Death, the
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The Age of Exploration: Crash Course European History #4
518 views / 0 likes - addedThe thing about European History is that it tends to leak out of Europe. Europeans haven't been great at staying put in Europe. As human beings do, the people of Europe were very busy traveling around to trade, to spread religion, and in a lot of cases to
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Ancient Egypt: Crash Course World History #4
1,552 views / 9 likes - addedIn which John covers the long, long history of ancient Egypt, including the Old, Middle and New Kingdoms, and even a couple of intermediate periods. Learn about mummies, pharaohs, pyramids and the Nile with John Green. Crash Course World History is now av
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Samurai, Daimyo, Matthew Perry, and Nationalism: Crash Course World History #34
796 views / 1 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you about Nationalism. Nationalism was everywhere in the 19th century, as people all over the world carved new nation-states out of old empires. Nationalist leaders changed the way people thought of themselves and the places th
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Why Star Stuff Matters: Crash Course Big History 202
566 views / 0 likes - addedSo, the stars made the elements, we're all made of star stuff, etc. But what does all this mean? This week Emily Graslie teaches you how the formation of chemical elements in the bellies of the earliest stars made life as we know it possible. Namely, we'l
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Why Early Globalization Matters: Crash Course Big History #206
611 views / 0 likes - addedGlobalization has been in process for centuries, and has had a huge effect on Big History, and on Collective Learning. This week, Emily is investigating early globalization through three things that moved around the world and shaped collective learning in
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The French Revolution: Crash Course European History #21
516 views / 0 likes - addedIn 1789, the French Monarchy's habit of supporting democratic popular revolutions in North America backfired. Today, we're talking about the French Revolution. Across the world, people were rising up to throw off monarchies, and Louis didn't see the writi
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American Imperialism: Crash Course US History #28
1,374 views / 0 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you about Imperialism. In the late 19th century, the great powers of Europe were running around the world obtaining colonial possessions, especially in Africa and Asia. The United States, which as a young country was especially
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Dutch Golden Age: Crash Course European History #15
462 views / 0 likes - addedWhile the English were falling apart a little, with their civil war and their restoration and their succession problems, the Dutch were getting their act together. They were throwing off the yoke of the Spanish Empire, uniting their provinces, and buildin
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The 1960s in America: Crash Course US History #40
908 views / 0 likes - addedYou can directly support Crash Course at http://www.subbable.com/crashcourse Subscribe for as little as $0 to keep up with everything we're doing. Free is nice, but if you can afford to pay a little every month, it really helps us to continue producing th
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The Amazing Life and Strange Death of Captain Cook: Crash Course World History #27
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The Congress of Vienna: Crash Course European History #23
456 views / 0 likes - addedThe end of the Napoleonic Wars left the great powers of Europe shaken. Judging from the destruction that had been wrought across the continent, it seemed to the powers that be that the Enlightenment had liberated the people, and led to disaster. So, every
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Modern Life: Crash Course European History #30
343 views / 0 likes - addedSo, "modern" is kind of a loaded term, but today we're going to talk about modern life in Europe, as it looked around the time the 19th century turned into the 20th. We'll look at what life was like in the rapidly growing urban centers of Europe, how deve
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The Northern Renaissance: Crash Course European History #3
400 views / 0 likes - addedThe European Renaissance may have started in Florence, but it pretty quickly moved out of Italy and spread the art, architecture, literature, and humanism across Europe to places like France, Spain, England, and the Low Countries.SOURCES:Hunt, Lynn et al.
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Why the Evolutionary Epic Matters: Crash Course Big History #203
440 views / 0 likes - addedToday we're talking about evolution–basically the history of all life on Earth. The thing is, why are we talking about this. Well, the story of life, all the way back to single celled microbes billions of years ago, is all part of our human story. An impo
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569 views / 0 likes - addedSo, we haven't talked much about Italy and Germany so far in Crash Course Euro, and that's because prior to the mid-19th century, those two nation-states weren't really a thing. Today we'll look at how Italy and Germany pulled it together in the second ha
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The Protestant Reformation: Crash Course European History #6
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The 17th Century Crisis: Crash Course European History #11
388 views / 0 likes - addedThe 17th Century in Europe was pretty rough in a lot of ways. The Thirty Years War involved a lot of countries, and a lot of battles, and it was terrible for everyone involved, as wars have aa historical tendency to be. At the same time, disease and hunge
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Reform and Revolution 1815-1848: Crash Course European History #25
485 views / 0 likes - addedIn the aftermath of the revolutions and upheaval in 18th and early 19th century Europe, there was a hunger for reform across the continent. Reformers like Robert Owen, Charles Fourier, and Auguste Comte proposed radical new ideas, and at the same time, re
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868 views / 2 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you about the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which used to be Zaire, which used to be The Belgian Congo, which used to be the Congo Free State, which used to be the region surrounding the Congo River Basin in central Africa.
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878 views / 0 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you about the Indus Valley Civilization, one of the largest of the ancient civilizations. John teaches you the who, how, when, where and why of the Indus Valley Civilization, and dispenses advice on how to be more successful in
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Enlightened Monarchs: Crash Course European History #19
644 views / 0 likes - addedLast time we learned about the Enlightenment, and the philosophers and thinkers whose ideas would shape governance for hundred of years. This week, we're learning how monarchs across Europe were influenced by those ideas. Adoption of Enlightenment ideas a
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The New Chemistry: Crash Course History of Science #18
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Electricity: Crash Course History of Science #27
451 views / 0 likes - addedThe study of electricity goes all the way back to antiquity. But, by the time electricity started to become more well known, a few familiar names started to appear. Edison, Galvani, and a few others really changed the way the world worked. ***Crash Course
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1,112 views / 5 likes - addedWe try not to get into too much great man history here at Crash Course, but we have to admit: Napoleon Bonaparte is a pretty big deal. Join us as we track the rise, further rise, fall, rise, fall, mortal fall, and posthumous rise of Napoleon. This guy cha
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The Sound of Silence (harp cover) | Deer Blooper
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The New Anatomy: Crash Course History of Science #15
348 views / 0 likes - addedTheres a question to consider thats pretty daunting: what is life? And to try to answer that question, three tools stand out as being especially useful: A book, some experiments, and the microscope! In this episode, Hank talks to us about all kinds of gro
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1,210 views / 0 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you a little bit about drought, which is a natural weather phenomenon, and famine, which is almost always the result of human activity. Throughout human history, when food shortages strike humanity, there was food around. There
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Biology Before Darwin: Crash Course History of Science #19
383 views / 0 likes - addedYouve probably heard of Charles Darwin, but before we get to him, you really need to understand how different people, throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, tried to answer the same question: what is life? ***Crash Course is on Patreon! You
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Reformation and Consequences: Crash Course European History #7
472 views / 0 likes - addedThe Protestant Reformation didn't exactly begin with Martin Luther, and it didn't end with him either. Reformers and monarchs changed the ways that religious and state power were organized throughout the 16th and early 17th centuries. Jean Calvin in Franc
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Catholic Counter-Reformation: Crash Course European History #9
447 views / 0 likes - addedWhen the Protestant Reformation broke out in Western Europe, the Catholic Church got the message, at least a little bit. Pope Paul III called a council to look into reforming some aspects of the Catholic Church and try to stem the tide of competing Christ
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The Century of the Gene: Crash Course History of Science #42
327 views / 0 likes - addedWith the question What is life? addressed at the molecular level, humanity could finally cure all disease and live forever Except, not really. It turns out we're complicated.***Crash Course is on Patreon! You can support us directly by signing up at http:
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Ecology: Crash Course History of Science #38
339 views / 0 likes - addedWeve explored the origins of modern biology, the earth sciences, and even the sciences of outer space. Now its time to put these disciplines together. It's Ecology time!!!***Crash Course is on Patreon! You can support us directly by signing up at http://w
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739 views / 0 likes - addedOur unit on the philosophy of religion and the existence of god continues with Thomas Aquinas. Today, we consider his first four arguments: the cosmological arguments. -- Images and video via VideoBlocks or Wikimedia Commons, licensed under Creative Commo
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Expansion and Resistance: Crash Course European History #28
518 views / 0 likes - addedIn 19th century Europe, with nation building well under way, thoughts turned outward, toward empire. This week, we're looking at how Europeans expanded into Africa, Asia, and Oceania during the 1800s. You'll learn about China and the Opium War, British In
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871 views / 3 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you the history of the Indian Ocean Trade. John weaves a tale of swashbuckling adventure, replete with trade in books, ivory, and timber. Along the way, John manages to cover advances in seafaring technology, just how the monso
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1,009 views / 0 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you about one of the least funny subjects in history: slavery. John investigates when and where slavery originated, how it changed over the centuries, and how Europeans and colonists in the Americas arrived at the idea that peo
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Modern Thought and Culture in 1900: Crash Course European History #31
351 views / 0 likes - addedEurope was in transition politically and culturally at the beginning of the 20th century. Today, we're looking at the dawn of modern science, and the rise of Modernism in the arts, especially in music, dance, and visual arts. We'll look at changes in musi
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18th Century Warfare: Crash Course European History #20
411 views / 0 likes - addedEuropean powers had a lot of wars in the 18th century, and they weren't confined to Europe. Conflict raged across the globe, in what might be called a World War...but we don't call it that, because we already have a couple of those coming up in the 20th c
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Newton and Leibniz: Crash Course History of Science #17
375 views / 1 likes - addedThe standard story of the Scientific Revolution culminates with the long life of one man: Sir Isaac Newtona humble servant of the Royal Mint, two-time parliamentarian, and a scientific titan whose name, along with Einsteins, is synonymous with physics tod
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Early Programming: Crash Course Computer Science #10
593 views / 0 likes - addedSince Joseph Marie Jacquard’s textile loom in 1801, there has been a demonstrated need to give our machines instructions. In the last few episodes, our instructions were already in our computer’s memory, but we need to talk about how they got there - this
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Post-World War I Recovery: Crash Course European History #36
453 views / 0 likes - addedIn which John Green looks at Europe's attempts to recover from the devastation of World War I and forge a lasting peace. The peace did not last. Today we're talking about the economic cultural recovery of the 1920s, and the economic depression of the 1930
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786 views / 0 likes - addedSometimes trail blazers of science aren't famous like Darwin or Pasteur. Sometimes they're humble Abbots, just growing peas in the back of their Abbey. This is the story of Gregor Mendel and how his work was done, lost, then found again. ***Crash Course i
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Life and Longevity: Crash Course History of Science #44
307 views / 0 likes - addedIt's time to have a look at the future of human life and how technology could possibly extend longevity. But, within that tech, are questions of ethics that are not always at the top of mind when the tech is being developed. In this episode, Hank sits dow
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Bodies and Dollars: Crash Course History of Science #41
348 views / 0 likes - addedAfter World War Two, the applications of basic discoveries in biology took offand became big business. Today, well look at the rise of Big Pharma and GMO foods. Well also discuss how life-science technologies fundamentally changed reproduction: its time t
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The Atomic Bomb: Crash Course History of Science #33
540 views / 0 likes - addedThe story picks up where we left off last time, with Einstein writing the president of his new homeland, the United States, urging him to build a nuclear weapon before Hitler. This is the tale of the most destructive force humans have ever unleashed. The
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Commerce, Agriculture, and Slavery: Crash Course European History #8
400 views / 0 likes - addedWe've been talking a lot about kings, and queens, and wars, and religious upheaval for most of this series, but let's take a moment to zoom out, and look at the ways that individuals' lives were changing in the time span we've covered so far. Some people'
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946 views / 2 likes - addedYou can directly support Crash Course at http://www.subbable.com/crashcourse Subscribe for as little as $0 to keep up with everything we're doing. Free is nice, but if you can afford to pay a little every month, it really helps us to continue producing th
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Democracy, Authoritarian Capitalism, and China: Crash Course World History 230
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The Mind/Brain: Crash Course History of Science #30
283 views / 0 likes - addedScientists in the nineteenth century discovered a lot about life and matter. But exactly what kind of stuff is the human brain? That one wasand istricky.The brain scienceswith experiments and therapies tied to biological theories of the bodyemerged in the
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Ford, Cars, and a New Revolution: Crash Course History of Science #28
443 views / 0 likes - addedHistorians love to debate each other. So some of them pointed out that the first half of this revolution looks a lot different from the second. Let's chat about industry, cars, and Henry Ford.***Crash Course is on Patreon! You can support us directly by s
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Economic Depression and Dictators: Crash Course European History #37
533 views / 0 likes - addedWe're still leading up to World War II, but first we gotta talk about the rise of the dictators. Today we talk about the rise of militaristic dictatorships in Germany, the Soviet Union, Japan, and Spain, and the economic depression that set the stage for
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English Civil War: Crash Course European History #14
438 views / 0 likes - addedThe English Civil War. We'll talk about England after Elizabeth, in which things didn't go that smoothly. We'll talk about James I, Charles I, Oliver Cromwell, Charles II, and James II, all of whom ruled England, (and tried to rule all of Britain and Irel
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900 views / 0 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches about filthy, filthy lucre. Money. And Debt. So, what is money? And what is it for? And why do we use money? And why does it all disappear so quickly after payday? John will look into 75% of these questions, and if he doesn't c
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World War II Civilians and Soldiers: Crash Course European History #39
408 views / 0 likes - addedOur look at World War II continues with a closer examination of just how the war impacted soldiers in the field, and the people at home. For many of the combatants, the homefront and the warfront were one and the same. The war disrupted life for millions
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762 views / 0 likes - added"Survival of the Fittest" sounds like a great WWE show but today we're talking about that phrase as it relates to Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace. Darwin and Wallace are at the heart of understanding evolution and natural selection. Today, Hank talks ab
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Alchemy: History of Science #10
297 views / 1 likes - addedIn fantasy stories, charlatans in fancy robes promise to turn lead into gold. But real alchemists werent just mystical misers. They were skilled experimentalists, backed by theories of matter. And they played a huge role in the development of knowledge ab
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Einstein's Revolution: Crash Course History of Science #32
328 views / 0 likes - addedThere was physics before Einstein in the same way that there was biology before Darwin. Einstein didnt just add some new ideas to physics. And he didnt just add a unifying framework for doing physics, like Newton. Einstein took what people thought was phy
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The Persians&Greeks: Crash Course World History #5
662 views / 0 likes - addedIn which John compares and contrasts Greek civilization and the Persian Empire. Of course we're glad that Greek civilization spawned modern western civilization, right? Maybe not. From Socrates and Plato to Darius and Xerxes, John explains two of the grea
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Russian Revolution and Civil War: Crash Course European History #35
689 views / 0 likes - addedWorld War I was very hard on the Russian Empire. So hard, in fact, that it led to the end of the Russian Empire. As the global conflict ground on, Tsar Nicholas II faced increasing unrest at home. Today we'll learn about the Revolutions of 1917, the rise
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The Sound (& Visions) of Silence
564 views / 0 likes - added“Sharing the incomparable silent beauty of our planet with all our fellow travelers on this, our Spaceship Earth.” @SergeyISS @Astro_Paolo @Astrokomrade “Our thanks to Mr. Paul Simon and Disturbed.” “Our thanks to all the peo
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World War II: Crash Course European History #38
486 views / 2 likes - addedOnly a couple of decades after the end of the First World War--which was supposed to be the War that Ended All Wars--another, bigger, farther-flung, more destructive, and deadlier war began. Today, you'll learn about how the war in Europe progressed, from
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1,140 views / 4 likes - addedIn which you are introduced to the life and accomplishments of Alexander the Great, his empire, his horse Bucephalus, the empires that came after him, and the idea of Greatness. Is greatness a question of accomplishment, of impact, or are people great bec
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The Progressive Era: Crash Course US History #27
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858 views / 1 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you about the Bronze Age civilization in what we today call the middle east, and how the vast, interconnected civilization that encompassed Egypt, The Levant, and Mesopotamia came to an end. What's that you say? There was no su
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Altered States - Crash Course Psychology #10
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1,161 views / 1 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you about the European Renaissance. European learning changed the world in the 15th and 16th century, but was it a cultural revolution, or an evolution? We'd argue that any cultural shift that occurs over a couple of hundred ye
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Climate Science: Crash Course History of Science #45
309 views / 0 likes - addedScientists tend to be careful and resistant to big claims. So evidence for the possible end of the living world took a while to be seen as such. In this episode of Crash Course History of Science, Hank talks to us about where Climate Science started and h
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840 views / 3 likes - addedDon't forget! Crash Course posters and t-shirts at http://www.dftba.com/crashcourse In which John Green teaches you about China's Revolutions. While the rest of the world was off having a couple of World Wars, China was busily uprooting the dynastic syste
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Marie Curie and Spooky Rays: Crash Course History of Science #31
623 views / 3 likes - addedIt's time to talk about one of the most awesome scientists that has ever been awesome: Marie Curie. She figured out ways to get an amazing education despite the limitations of her homeland, discovered some really important answers to the question "what is
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942 views / 0 likes - addedThanks to the wonders of physics, astronomers can map a timeline of the universe’s history. Today, Phil’s going to give you an overview of those first few minutes (yes, MINUTES) of the universe’s life. It started with a Big Bang, when the Universe was inc
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Water and Classical Civilizations: Crash Course World History 222
676 views / 0 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you about water! So, we talk about resources a lot on Crash Course, and today is no exception. It turns out people can't live without water, which means it's absolutely necessary for civilization. Today John talks about water i
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The Holocaust,Genocides, and Mass Murder of WWII: Crash Course European History #40
534 views / 2 likes - addedDuring World War II, Nazi Germany undertook the imprisonment and summary execution of many of its own citizens, and citizens of the nations they occupied. One of the groups that came under assault was the European Jewish population. More than six million
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740 views / 0 likes - addedIn which John asks whether globalization is a net positive for humanity. While the new global economy has created a lot of wealth, and lifted a lot of people out of poverty, it also has some effects that aren't so hot. Wealth disparity, rising divorce rat
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Florence and the Renaissance: Crash Course European History #2
560 views / 0 likes - addedThe Renaissance was a cultural revitalization that spread across Europe, and had repercussions across the globe, but one smallish city-state in Italy was in many ways the epicenter of the thing. Florence, or as Italians might say, Firenze, was the home to
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The Industrial Economy: Crash Course US History #23
920 views / 0 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you about the Industrial Economy that arose in the United States after the Civil War. You know how when you're studying history, and you're reading along and everything seems safely in the past, and then BOOM you think, "Man, t
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The Crusades - Pilgrimage or Holy War?: Crash Course World History #15
976 views / 0 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you about the Crusades embarked upon by European Christians in the 12th and 13th centuries. Our traditional perception of the Crusades as European Colonization thinly veiled in religion isn't quite right. John covers the First
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799 views / 0 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you about Imperialism, but not from the perspective of the colonizers. This week John looks at some Asian perspectives on Imperialism, specifically writers from countries that were colonized by European powers. We'll look at th
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The History of Electrical Engineering: Crash Course Engineering #4
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