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  • 12:16 The New Anatomy: Crash Course History of Science #15

    The New Anatomy: Crash Course History of Science #15

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    Theres 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

  • 11:21 Popular Introduction to Anatomy&Physiology: Crash Course A&P #1

    Introduction to Anatomy&Physiology: Crash Course A&P #1

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    You 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. Also, if you can afford to pay a little every month, it really helps us to continue producing great content.

  • 08:51 Popular Comparative Anatomy: What Makes Us Animals - Crash Course Biology #21

    Comparative Anatomy: What Makes Us Animals - Crash Course Biology #21

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    Hank introduces us to comparative anatomy, which studies the similarities and differences in animal anatomy to support the theory of evolution and the shared ancestry of living things. Crash Course Biology is now available on DVD! http://dft.ba/-8css Like

  • 09:54 World Cinema - Part 2: Crash Course Film History #15

    World Cinema - Part 2: Crash Course Film History #15

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    Africa, 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

  • 11:34 Climate Science: Crash Course History of Science #45

    Climate Science: Crash Course History of Science #45

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    Scientists 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

  • 13:44 Dutch Golden Age: Crash Course European History #15

    Dutch Golden Age: Crash Course European History #15

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    While 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

  • 10:08 Popular Metabolism & Nutrition, Part 2: Crash Course Anatomy & Physiology #37

    Metabolism & Nutrition, Part 2: Crash Course Anatomy & Physiology #37

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    If you're like us, you love the sound of a brunch buffet. But not everything you eat at that glorious buffet is going to be turned into energy. Your body has to work with different forms of food in different ways. In this episode of Crash Course Anatomy &

  • 11:54 The Computer and Turing: Crash Course History of Science #36

    The Computer and Turing: Crash Course History of Science #36

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    Computers 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

  • 12:13 Biotechnology: Crash Course History of Science #40

    Biotechnology: Crash Course History of Science #40

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    The 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

  • 13:44 Earth Science: Crash Course History of Science #20

    Earth Science: Crash Course History of Science #20

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    It's Earth Science time!!!! In this field, natural philosophers were asking questions like, whats up with fossils? Are they the remains of extinct organisms? Or are they so-called sports of naturerocks that just happen to look like living things but dont

  • 11:33 Popular The Crusades - Pilgrimage or Holy War?: Crash Course World History #15

    The Crusades - Pilgrimage or Holy War?: Crash Course World History #15

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    In 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

  • 03:37 Popular The Science Of Lunch: Crash Course Kids #15.2

    The Science Of Lunch: Crash Course Kids #15.2

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    Even an empty lunch sack is useful to science. You can examine it and come up with some traits. In this episode, Sabrina chats about things like malleability, hardness, conductivity, and magnetism. And all with lunch! This first series is based on 5th gra

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  • 12:28 The Internet and Computing: Crash Course History of Science #43

    The Internet and Computing: Crash Course History of Science #43

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    Weve 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

  • 12:29 The Industrial Revolution: Crash Course History of Science #21

    The Industrial Revolution: Crash Course History of Science #21

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    You 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

  • 12:35 The New Astronomy: Crash Course History of Science #13

    The New Astronomy: Crash Course History of Science #13

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    This 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

  • Ancient & Medieval Medicine: Crash Course History of Science #9

    Ancient & Medieval Medicine: Crash Course History of Science #9

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    The 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

  • 12:34 Genetics and The Modern Synthesis: Crash Course History of Science #35

    Genetics and The Modern Synthesis: Crash Course History of Science #35

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    Remember 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

  • 12:29 Thermodynamics: Crash Course History of Science #26

    Thermodynamics: Crash Course History of Science #26

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    It'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

  • 12:51 Life and Longevity: Crash Course History of Science #44

    Life and Longevity: Crash Course History of Science #44

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    It'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

  • 12:57 Bodies and Dollars: Crash Course History of Science #41

    Bodies and Dollars: Crash Course History of Science #41

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    After 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

  • 12:02 Popular Genetics - Lost and Found: Crash Course History of Science #25

    Genetics - Lost and Found: Crash Course History of Science #25

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    Sometimes 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

  • 13:15 The New Chemistry: Crash Course History of Science #18

    The New Chemistry: Crash Course History of Science #18

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    One of the problems with the whole idea of a single Scientific Revolution is that some disciplines decided not to join any revolution. And others just took a long time to get there. ***Crash Course is on Patreon! You can support us directly by signing up

  • 12:33 Electricity: Crash Course History of Science #27

    Electricity: Crash Course History of Science #27

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    The 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

  • 12:51 Biology Before Darwin: Crash Course History of Science #19

    Biology Before Darwin: Crash Course History of Science #19

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    Youve 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

  • 12:23 Ecology: Crash Course History of Science #38

    Ecology: Crash Course History of Science #38

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    Weve 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

  • 13:25 The Century of the Gene: Crash Course History of Science #42

    The Century of the Gene: Crash Course History of Science #42

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    With 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:

  • 13:50 Newton and Leibniz: Crash Course History of Science #17

    Newton and Leibniz: Crash Course History of Science #17

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    The 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

  • 12:05 The Atomic Bomb: Crash Course History of Science #33

    The Atomic Bomb: Crash Course History of Science #33

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    The 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

  • 14:47 Popular 19th Century Reforms: Crash Course US History #15

    19th Century Reforms: Crash Course US History #15

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    In which John Green teaches you about various reform movements in the 19th century United States. From Utopian societies to the Second Great Awakening to the Abolition movement, American society was undergoing great changes in the first half of the 19th c

  • 12:47 The Mind/Brain: Crash Course History of Science #30

    The Mind/Brain: Crash Course History of Science #30

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    Scientists 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

  • 13:04 Popular The Scientific Methods: Crash Course History of Science #14

    The Scientific Methods: Crash Course History of Science #14

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    Historically speaking, there is no one scientific method. Theres more than one way to make knowledge. In this episode we're going to look at a few of those ways and how they became more of the "norm."***Crash Course is on Patreon! You can support us direc

  • 11:58 Ford, Cars, and a New Revolution: Crash Course History of Science #28

    Ford, Cars, and a New Revolution: Crash Course History of Science #28

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    Historians 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

  • 13:10 Popular Darwin and Natural Selection: Crash Course History of Science #22

    Darwin and Natural Selection: Crash Course History of Science #22

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    "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

  • 12:07 Einstein's Revolution: Crash Course History of Science #32

    Einstein's Revolution: Crash Course History of Science #32

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    There 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

  • 11:48 Marie Curie and Spooky Rays: Crash Course History of Science #31

    Marie Curie and Spooky Rays: Crash Course History of Science #31

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    It'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

  • 11:53 Popular Top 15 RICHEST People In History

    Top 15 RICHEST People In History

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    Here are the top 15 richest people to ever live. These billionaires and trillionaires put people like Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos to shame! Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TopTrending Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TopTrending Comme

  • 05:28 Popular History of the 4th of July: Crash Course US History Special

    History of the 4th of July: Crash Course US History Special

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    In 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

  • The Scientific Revolution: Crash Course History of Science #12

    The Scientific Revolution: Crash Course History of Science #12

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  • 19:41 15 Mysterious Objects That Science Can't Explain!

    15 Mysterious Objects That Science Can't Explain!

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    Scientific advances allow us to research and understand most things that we find in the world, but there are some that remain a complete mystery. Some are natural phenomena, but more bizarrely, there are a number of items that were created by humans throu

  • 07:25 Popular Battles of the Civil War: Crash Course US History #19

    Battles of the Civil War: Crash Course US History #19

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    Disclaimer: 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

  • 09:47 Popular Fluids In Motion: Crash Course Physics #15

    Fluids In Motion: Crash Course Physics #15

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    Get Your Crash Course Physics Mug here: https://store.dftba.com/products/crashcourse-physics-mug Today, we continue our exploration of fluids and fluid dynamics. How do fluids act when they're in motion? How does pressure in different places change water

  • 10:52 How YouTube knows what you should watch: Crash Course AI #15

    How YouTube knows what you should watch: Crash Course AI #15

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    Subscribe to Sound Field! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvMLMyKPomE6kTTL9Kv8Iww Today were going to talk about recommender systems which form the backbone of so much of the content we see online from video recommendations on YouTube and Netflix to ads

  • 10:39 How Not to Set Your Pizza on Fire: Crash Course Engineering #15

    How Not to Set Your Pizza on Fire: Crash Course Engineering #15

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    Today were going to explain how exchangers...exchange heat. Well look at concentric tubes, finned tubes, plate heat exchangers, and shell-and-tube heat exchangers. And well look at some equations to help us sort through heat transfer and decide what heat

  • 10:11 Popular Imports, Exports, And Exchange Rates: Crash Course Economics #15

    Imports, Exports, And Exchange Rates: Crash Course Economics #15

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    What is a trade deficit? Well, it all has to do with imports and exports and, well, trade. This week Jacob and Adriene walk you through the basics of imports, exports, and exchange. So, you remember the specialization and trade thing, right? So, that lead

  • 03:55 Popular Wood, Water, And Properties: Crash Course Kids #15.1

    Wood, Water, And Properties: Crash Course Kids #15.1

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    Quick, think of three words to describe yourself. TIME'S UP! What did you think of? Chances are you thought of descriptive words that we call Properties. In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina talks about how properties help us understand objects.

  • 11:55 Popular Partial Pressures&Vapor Pressure: Crash Course Chemistry #15

    Partial Pressures&Vapor Pressure: Crash Course Chemistry #15

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    This week we continue to spend quality time with gases, more deeply investigating some principles regarding pressure - including John Dalton's Law of Partial Pressures, vapor pressure - and demonstrating the method for collecting gas over water. Table of

  • 14:27 Popular The Great Depression: Crash Course US History #33

    The Great Depression: Crash Course US History #33

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    You 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

  • 10:42 Popular Cognition: How Your Mind Can Amaze and Betray You - Crash Course Psychology #15

    Cognition: How Your Mind Can Amaze and Betray You - Crash Course Psychology #15

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    You 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. Also, if you can afford to pay a little every month, it really helps us to continue producing great content.

  • 09:44 Popular Movies are Magic: Crash Course Film History #1

    Movies are Magic: Crash Course Film History #1

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    Well, 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

  • 13:33 Popular Japan in the Heian Period and Cultural History: Crash Course World History 227

    Japan in the Heian Period and Cultural History: Crash Course World History 227

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    In 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

  • 06:13 Anatomy of a Neuron

    Anatomy of a Neuron

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    Introduction to the neuron and its anatomy More free lessons at: http://www.khanacademy.org/video?v=ob5U8zPbAX4

  • 13:58 Migration: Crash Course European History #29

    Migration: Crash Course European History #29

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    Between 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

  • 13:58 Popular The Modern Revolution: Crash Course Big History #8

    The Modern Revolution: Crash Course Big History #8

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    In 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

  • 10:17 Popular Parasympathetic Nervous System: Crash Course A&P #15

    Parasympathetic Nervous System: Crash Course A&P #15

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    This week we are looking at your parasympathetic division, which is the "resting and digesting" unit. Unfortunately, learning about this de-stressing division also involves a whole lot of memorization. Don't worry, though - we've got some mnemonic devices

  • 11:20 Popular The Black Legend, Native Americans, and Spaniards: Crash Course US History #1

    The Black Legend, Native Americans, and Spaniards: Crash Course US History #1

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    In 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

  • 10:19 Home Video: Crash Course Film History #13

    Home Video: Crash Course Film History #13

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    As 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

  • 06:59 Popular Bureaucracy Basics: Crash Course Government And Politics #15

    Bureaucracy Basics: Crash Course Government And Politics #15

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    This week Craig Benzine discuses bureaucracies. Bureaucracies tend to be associated with unintelligible rules and time-wasting procedures, but they play an important, though controversial, role in governing. From the FDA to the EPA, these agencies were es

  • 13:23 The History of Game Shows: Crash Course Games #25

    The History of Game Shows: Crash Course Games #25

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    Today 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

  • 10:30 Independent Cinema: Crash Course Film History #12

    Independent Cinema: Crash Course Film History #12

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    Hollywood 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

  • 12:49 Popular Decolonization and Nationalism Triumphant: Crash Course World History #40

    Decolonization and Nationalism Triumphant: Crash Course World History #40

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    READ 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

  • 10:27 Why Human Ancestry Matters: Crash Course Big History 205

    Why Human Ancestry Matters: Crash Course Big History 205

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    This 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

  • 11:44 Popular The Mughal Empire and Historical Reputation: Crash Course World History #217

    The Mughal Empire and Historical Reputation: Crash Course World History #217

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    There'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-

  • 15:40 Popular Obamanation: Crash Course US History #47

    Obamanation: Crash Course US History #47

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    You 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

  • 09:26 The First Movie Camera: Crash Course Film History #2

    The First Movie Camera: Crash Course Film History #2

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    After 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,

  • 13:31 Popular The Deep Future: Crash Course Big History #10

    The Deep Future: Crash Course Big History #10

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    Finally, 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

  • 11:32 Popular Wait For It...The Mongols!: Crash Course World History #17

    Wait For It...The Mongols!: Crash Course World History #17

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    Crash 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

  • 09:13 Indiana Jones & Pascal's Wager: Crash Course Philosophy #15

    Indiana Jones & Pascal's Wager: Crash Course Philosophy #15

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    Today we conclude our unit on Philosophy of Religion and Hank gets a little help from Indiana Jones to explain religious pragmatism and Pascal’s Wager, fideism, and Kierkegaard’s leap to faith. -- “Indiana Jones” © Copyright Walt Disney Studios All other

  • 09:16 The Silent Era: Crash Course Film History #9

    The Silent Era: Crash Course Film History #9

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    The 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

  • 09:31 The Lumiere Brothers: Crash Course Film History #3

    The Lumiere Brothers: Crash Course Film History #3

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    As 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

  • 11:30 Why Human Evolution Matters: Crash Course Big History 204

    Why Human Evolution Matters: Crash Course Big History 204

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    This 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

  • 11:55 Popular The French Revolution: Crash Course World History #29

    The French Revolution: Crash Course World History #29

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    In 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

  • 13:35 Popular The Cold War: Crash Course US History #37

    The Cold War: Crash Course US History #37

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    Crash 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

  • 10:16 Popular World Cinema - Part 1: Crash Course Film History #14

    World Cinema - Part 1: Crash Course Film History #14

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    The 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

  • 15:07 Popular Luther and the Protestant Reformation: Crash Course World History #218

    Luther and the Protestant Reformation: Crash Course World History #218

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    In 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

  • 11:00 Why Cosmic Evolution Matters: Crash Course Big History #201

    Why Cosmic Evolution Matters: Crash Course Big History #201

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    Crash 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

  • 11:54 Popular The Rise of the West and Historical Methodology: Crash Course World History #212

    The Rise of the West and Historical Methodology: Crash Course World History #212

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    In 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

  • 12:53 Popular Islam, the Quran, and the Five Pillars All Without a Flamewar: Crash Course World History #13

    Islam, the Quran, and the Five Pillars All Without a Flamewar: Crash Course World History #13

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    Medieval Europe: Crash Course European History #1

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    Our 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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    Disease! Crash Course World History 203

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    Ancient Egypt: Crash Course World History #4

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    In 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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    The Age of Exploration: Crash Course European History #4

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    The 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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    Samurai, Daimyo, Matthew Perry, and Nationalism: Crash Course World History #34

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    In 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

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    Why Early Globalization Matters: Crash Course Big History #206

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    The French Revolution: Crash Course European History #21

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    In 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

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    The Amazing Life and Strange Death of Captain Cook: Crash Course World History #27

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    Modern Thought and Culture in 1900: Crash Course European History #31

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    Europe 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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    The Seven Years War: Crash Course World History #26

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    In which John teaches you about the Seven Years War, which may have lasted nine years. Or as many as 23. It was a very confusing was. The Seven Years War was a global war, fought on five continents, which is kind of a lot. John focuses on the war as it ha

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    The Enlightenment: Crash Course European History #18

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    So far in this series, we've covered a lot of war, disease, climate disaster, and some more war. Well, prepare yourself for something a little more positive. This week, we're talking about the Enlightenment. In this video, you'll learn about the ideas of

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    Memory & Storage: Crash Course Computer Science #19

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    Coal, Steam, and The Industrial Revolution: Crash Course World History #32

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    Television Production: Crash Course Film Production #15

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    In 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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    The Congress of Vienna: Crash Course European History #23

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    The 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

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    So, "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

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    The 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.

  • 12:22 Why the Evolutionary Epic Matters: Crash Course Big History #203

    Why the Evolutionary Epic Matters: Crash Course Big History #203

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    Today 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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    The Cold War in Asia: Crash Course US History #38

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    Expansion and Consequences: Crash Course European History #5

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    European 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

  • 14:51 The Rise of Conservatism: Crash Course US History #41

    The Rise of Conservatism: Crash Course US History #41

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    World War I Battlefields: Crash Course European History #33

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    Europe's system of alliances and centuries-old tensions erupted into war in August of 1914. This week on Crash Course Euro, we're talking about the military history of World War I, and taking a look at the broad strokes of how the war unfolded. We'll take

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    Italian and German Unification: Crash Course European History #27

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    So, 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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    You may have noticed that the internet is terrible at religious discourse. Well, this is not a new phenomenon. In the early 16th century, the Roman Catholic church dominated Christianity in Europe, and the institution was starting to show some cracks. Ten

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    Reform and Revolution 1815-1848: Crash Course European History #25

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    In 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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    The 17th Century Crisis: Crash Course European History #11

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    The 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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    Soviet Montage: Crash Course Film History #8

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    Russia 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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    Congo and Africa's World War: Crash Course World History 221

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    In 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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    Indus Valley Civilization: Crash Course World History #2

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    In 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

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    Last 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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    Napoleon Bonaparte: Crash Course European History #22

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    We 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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    Rethinking Civilization - Crash Course World History 201

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    In which John Green returns to teaching World History! This week, we'll be talking about the idea of civilization, some of the traditional hallmarks of so-called civilization, and why some people would choose to live outside the civilization model. It tur

  • 10:30 Popular Drought and Famine: Crash Course World History #208

    Drought and Famine: Crash Course World History #208

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    In 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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    The Vikings! - Crash Course World History 224

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    In which John Green teaches you about Vikings! That's right, one of our most requested subjects, the Vikings, right here on Crash Course. So what's the deal with Vikings? Well, the stuff you've heard about them may not be true. The Vikings weren't just pa

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    The Columbian Exchange: Crash Course World History #23

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    In which John Green teaches you about the changes wrought by contact between the Old World and the New. John does this by exploring the totally awesome history book "The Columbian Exchange" by Alfred Cosby, Jr. After Columbus "discovered" the Americas, Eu

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    Buddha and Ashoka: Crash Course World History #6

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    In which John relates a condensed history of India, post-Indus Valley Civilization. John explores Hinduism and the origins of Buddhism. He also gets into the reign of Ashoka, the Buddhist emperor who, in spite of Buddhism's structural disapproval of viole

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    Reformation and Consequences: Crash Course European History #7

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    The 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

  • 12:44 Popular Fall of The Roman Empire...in the 15th Century: Crash Course World History #12

    Fall of The Roman Empire...in the 15th Century: Crash Course World History #12

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    Mars: Crash Course Astronomy #15

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    The fourth planet from the sun and the outermost of the terrestrial planets, Mars has long been a popular spot for missions and imagination. Phil walks you through the planet's topography, core, and features. We'll take a look back to Mars's past and make

  • 13:14 Expansion and Resistance: Crash Course European History #28

    Expansion and Resistance: Crash Course European History #28

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    In 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

  • 10:15 Popular Int'l Commerce, Snorkeling Camels, and The Indian Ocean Trade: Crash Course World History #18

    Int'l Commerce, Snorkeling Camels, and The Indian Ocean Trade: Crash Course World History #18

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    In 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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    The Atlantic Slave Trade: Crash Course World History #24

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    In 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

  • 10:21 Experimental and Documentary Films: Crash Course Film History #16

    Experimental and Documentary Films: Crash Course Film History #16

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    It'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

  • 15:33 Witchcraft: Crash Course European History #10

    Witchcraft: Crash Course European History #10

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    During 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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    18th Century Warfare: Crash Course European History #20

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    European 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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    Files & File Systems: Crash Course Computer Science #20

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    Today we’re going to look at how our computers read and interpret computer files. We’ll talk about how some popular file formats like txt, wave, and bitmap are encoded and decoded giving us pretty pictures and lifelike recordings from just strings of 1’s

  • 12:12 Popular ‎2,000 Years of Chinese History! The Mandate of Heaven and Confucius: World History #7

    ‎2,000 Years of Chinese History! The Mandate of Heaven and Confucius: World History #7

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    The Language of Film: Crash Course Film History #5

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    In 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

  • 14:48 Post-World War I Recovery: Crash Course European History #36

    Post-World War I Recovery: Crash Course European History #36

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    In 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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    Islam and Politics: Crash Course World History 216

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    In which John Green teaches you about how Islam has interacted with politics during it's history, and how it continues to do so today. Islamist movements are in the news a lot lately, but how did that happen. John will point out that Islam has alway been

  • 13:12 Popular The Roaring 20's: Crash Course US History #32

    The Roaring 20's: Crash Course US History #32

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    World War II: Crash Course World History #38

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    Crash Course World History is now available on DVD! Visit http://dft.ba/-CCWHDVD to buy a set for your home or classroom. In which John Green teaches you about World War II, aka The Great Patriotic War, aka The Big One. So how did this war happen? And wha

  • 11:58 Popular Civil Rights and the 1950s: Crash Course US History #39

    Civil Rights and the 1950s: Crash Course US History #39

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  • 15:34 Commerce, Agriculture, and Slavery: Crash Course European History #8

    Commerce, Agriculture, and Slavery: Crash Course European History #8

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    We'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'

  • 13:53 Popular George HW Bush and the End of the Cold War: Crash Course US History #44

    George HW Bush and the End of the Cold War: Crash Course US History #44

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  • 15:33 Popular Democracy, Authoritarian Capitalism, and China: Crash Course World History 230

    Democracy, Authoritarian Capitalism, and China: Crash Course World History 230

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    In which John Green teaches you about the end of World History, and the end of the world as we know it, kind of. For the last hundred years or so, it seemed that one important ingredient for running an economically successful country was a western-style d

  • 11:53 Popular Early Computing: Crash Course Computer Science #1

    Early Computing: Crash Course Computer Science #1

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    Hello, world! Welcome to Crash Course Computer Science! So today, we’re going to take a look at computing’s origins, because even though our digital computers are relatively new, the need for computation is not. Since the start of civilization itself, hum

  • 16:34 Economic Depression and Dictators: Crash Course European History #37

    Economic Depression and Dictators: Crash Course European History #37

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    We'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

  • 14:36 English Civil War: Crash Course European History #14

    English Civil War: Crash Course European History #14

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    The 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

  • 13:29 Popular Life Begins: Crash Course Big History #4

    Life Begins: Crash Course Big History #4

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    In which Hank and John Green teach you about life on Earth. They won't be giving advice on how life should be lived, because this is a history series. Instead, they'll teach you about the earliest forms of life on Earth, and some of the ways that they dev

  • 14:04 Popular Money&Debt: Crash Course World History 202

    Money&Debt: Crash Course World History 202

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    In 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

  • 09:27 Early Programming: Crash Course Computer Science #10

    Early Programming: Crash Course Computer Science #10

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    Since 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

  • 08:16 Educational Games: Crash Course Games #15

    Educational Games: Crash Course Games #15

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    Chess, Number Munchers, The Oregon Trail! Today, we’re going to talk about gaming’s role in education. Now technically all games have an educational component, because games are defined by their rules and players have to learn those rules to participate.

  • 11:52 Educational Technology: Crash Course Computer Science #39

    Educational Technology: Crash Course Computer Science #39

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    Today we’re going to go a little meta and talk about how computer science can support learning with educational technology. We here at Crash Course are big fans of interactive in-class learning and hands-on experiences, but we also believe in the additive

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    Venice and the Ottoman Empire: Crash Course World History #19

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    In which John Green discusses the strange and mutually beneficial relationship between a republic, the citystate of Venice, and an Empire, the Ottomans--and how studying history can help you to be a better boyfriend and/or girlfriend. Together, the Ottoma

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    World War II Civilians and Soldiers: Crash Course European History #39

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    Compression: Crash Course Computer Science #21

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    The Cold War and Consumerism: Crash Course Computer Science #24

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    Today we’re going to step back from hardware and software, and take a closer look at how the backdrop of the cold war and space race and the rise of consumerism and globalization brought us from huge, expensive codebreaking machines in the 1940s to afford

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    In 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

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    Charles V and the Holy Roman Empire: Crash Course World History #219

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    Today, we're going to discuss the critical role graphical user interfaces, or GUIs played in the adoption of computers. Before the mid 1980's the most common way people could interact with their devices was through command line interfaces, which though ef

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    Alexander the Great and the Situation ... the Great? Crash Course World History #8

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    Cybersecurity: Crash Course Computer Science #31

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    The Progressive Era: Crash Course US History #27

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    The End of Civilization (In the Bronze Age): Crash Course World History 211

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    Breaking the Silence: Crash Course Film History #10

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    Nothing 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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  • 11:33 Popular The Renaissance: Was it a Thing? - Crash Course World History #22

    The Renaissance: Was it a Thing? - Crash Course World History #22

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    Alchemy: History of Science #10

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    In 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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    Psychology of Computing: Crash Course Computer Science #38

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    A Brief History Of The Universe: Crash Course Astronomy #44

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    Thanks 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

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    The Holocaust,Genocides, and Mass Murder of WWII: Crash Course European History #40

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    During 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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    Imperialism: Crash Course World History #35

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    In which John Green teaches you about European Imperialism in the 19th century. European powers started to create colonial empires way back in the 16th century, but businesses really took off in the 19th century, especially in Asia and Africa. During the

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    Screens & 2D Graphics: Crash Course Computer Science #23

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    Today we begin our discussion of computer graphics. So we ended last episode with the proliferation of command line (or text) interfaces, which sometimes used screens, but typically electronic typewriters or teletypes onto paper. But by the early 1960s a

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    Keyboards & Command Line Interfaces: Crash Course Computer Science #22

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    Today, we are going to start our discussion on user experience. We've talked a lot in this series about how computers move data around within the computer, but not so much about our role in the process. So today, we're going to look at our earliest form o

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    Mansa Musa and Islam in Africa: Crash Course World History #16

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    The Golden Age of Hollywood: Crash Course Film History #11

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    It'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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    Globalization II - Good or Bad?: Crash Course World History #42

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    Scientific Revolution: Crash Course European History #12

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    There was a lot of bad stuff going on in Europe in the 17th century. We've seen wars, plagues, and unrest of all types. But, there is some good news. Huge advances were underway in the scientific community in Europe at this time. In this video we'll look

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    Florence and the Renaissance: Crash Course European History #2

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    The History of Electrical Engineering: Crash Course Engineering #4

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    The Industrial Economy: Crash Course US History #23

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  • 12:26 Popular The Roman Empire. Or Republic. Or...Which Was It?: Crash Course World History #10

    The Roman Empire. Or Republic. Or...Which Was It?: Crash Course World History #10

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    Capitalism and Socialism: Crash Course World History #33

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  • 12:55 Popular Asian Responses to Imperialism: Crash Course World History #213

    Asian Responses to Imperialism: Crash Course World History #213

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  • 10:22 Georges Melies - Master of Illusion: Crash Course Film History #4

    Georges Melies - Master of Illusion: Crash Course Film History #4

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    Haitian Revolutions: Crash Course World History #30

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    Globalization I - The Upside: Crash Course World History #41

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  • 12:30 The Singularity, Skynet, and the Future of Computing: Crash Course Computer Science #40

    The Singularity, Skynet, and the Future of Computing: Crash Course Computer Science #40

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    The Silk Road and Ancient Trade: Crash Course World History #9

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    The Spanish Empire, Silver,&Runaway Inflation: Crash Course World History #25

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  • 10:47 Popular Russia, the Kievan Rus, and the Mongols: Crash Course World History #20

    Russia, the Kievan Rus, and the Mongols: Crash Course World History #20

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    Latin American Revolutions: Crash Course World History #31

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  • 15:01 The Roads to World War I: Crash Course European History #32

    The Roads to World War I: Crash Course European History #32

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    Much has been written about what exactly caused World War I. As befits a true global war, the reality is that there isn't a single cause. There aren't even three causes. There are a vast array of causes. Today we'll get into just a few of those causes, in

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    Mesopotamia: Crash Course World History #3

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  • 11:27 Popular Tea, Taxes, and The American Revolution: Crash Course World History #28

    Tea, Taxes, and The American Revolution: Crash Course World History #28

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