Instructional Video8:19
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The History of Chemical Engineering: Crash Course Engineering #5

12th - Higher Ed
Today we’ll cover the fourth and final of our core disciplines of engineering: chemical engineering. We’ll talk about its history and evolution going from soda ash competitions to oil refineries and renewable energies. We’ll also discuss...
Instructional Video9:19
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Citizen Kane: Crash Course Film Criticism

12th - Higher Ed
Try 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...
Instructional Video7:59
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The Cinematographer: Crash Course Film Production

12th - Higher Ed
Who 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...
Instructional Video14:14
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The Sun & The Earth Crash Course Big History 3

12th - Higher Ed
In which John Green, Hank Green, and Emily Graslie teach you about our Sun, and the formation of the planets. We're going to focus on the formation and development of the Earth, because that's where people live. You'll learn about the...
Instructional Video13:30
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The Deep Future: Crash Course Big History

12th - Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video7:37
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Drugs, Dyes, & Mass Transfer: Crash Course Engineering #16

12th - Higher Ed
Today we’re talking about mass transfer. It doesn’t just apply to objects and fluids as a whole, but also to the individual molecules and components that make them up. We’ll see that transfers of mass need their own driving force,...
Instructional Video13:47
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Medicinal Chemistry and Penicillin Total Synthesis: Crash Course Organic Chemistry

12th - Higher Ed
These days, we don't have to worry too much about meeting an early demise from ulcers, breaks in the stomach lining that could be fatal back in the early 1900s. This is because we have medicines to treat them, like proton pump...
Instructional Video10:40
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How did Detroit Become the Motor City? | Industrial Geography | Crash Course Geography

12th - Higher Ed
From shipping routes to airplane traffic to even the Internet, transportation planning is all about designing optimal transportation networks to move goods, information, and people around the globe. Today, we're going to discuss...
Instructional Video13:07
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2001 - A Space Odyssey: Crash Course Film Criticism

12th - Higher Ed
Well, here we are. It's the final episode of Crash Course Film Criticism and we're going to chat about one of the more polarizing films ever made: Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey. On the surface, 2001 tells the story of human...
Instructional Video11:40
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How Can Cooperation End an Outbreak? Crash Course Outbreak Science

12th - Higher Ed
In 1959, the WHO set out to eradicate smallpox, an ambitious goal that was achieved by 1980. But this goal wouldn't have been possible without coordination on all levels of society. In this episode of Crash Course Outbreak Science, we'll...
Instructional Video14:33
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The Rise of Russia and Prussia: Crash Course European History

12th - Higher Ed
In eastern Europe, in the 17th century a couple of "great powers" were coming into their own. The vast empire of Russia was modernizing under Peter the Great, and the relatively tiny state of Prussia was evolving as well. Russia (and...
Instructional Video10:41
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Cognition: How Your Mind Can Amaze and Betray You - Crash Course Psychology

12th - Higher Ed
We used to think that the human brain was a lot like a computer; using logic to figure out complicated problems. It turns out, it's a lot more complex and, well, weird than that. In this episode of Crash Course Psychology, Hank discusses...
Instructional Video10:23
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Homunculus - Crash Course Psychology

12th - Higher Ed
HOMUNCULUS! It's a big and weird word that you may or may not have heard before, but do you know what it means? In this episode of Crash Course Psychology, Hank gives us a deeper understanding of this weird model of human sensation.
Instructional Video10:59
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Why Cosmic Evolution Matters: Crash Course Big History

12th - Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video11:22
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Getting Help - Psychotherapy: Crash Course Psychology

12th - Higher Ed
So, you know you'd like to get help with some problematic behavior (like fear of flying). What do you do? Who can you go to for help? Once you've gone, what can you expect? In this episode of Crash Course Psychology, Hank talks about...
Instructional Video11:07
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Handhelds: Crash Course Games

12th - Higher Ed
Today, we're going to talk about the gaming devices that combine the screen, speakers, controls, and computer into one neat little package - that's right we're talking about handheld game consoles. Handhelds have actually been around...
Instructional Video11:52
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Samurai, Daimyo, Matthew Perry, and Nationalism: Crash Course World History

12th - Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video11:06
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What are the Patterns of Border Conflicts? Crash Course Geography

12th - Higher Ed
Today, we’re going to take a closer look at borders and the stories they tell. When we look at a map, the shapes we’re seeing can seem so permanent, but a map is just a snapshot of the Earth at a particular time, and by looking a...
Instructional Video9:06
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Political Campaigns: Crash Course Government and Politics

12th - Higher Ed
So political campaigns are a pretty big deal in the United States. For instance the 2012 presidential election clocked in at the most expensive ever - at around $6 billion dollars! Needless to say, money plays a very big role in American...
Instructional Video13:32
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Japan in the Heian Period and Cultural History: Crash Course World History 227

12th - Higher Ed
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...
Instructional Video9:09
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The Birth of the Feature Film: Crash Course Film History

12th - Higher Ed
Movies 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...
Instructional Video9:30
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German Expressionism: Crash Course Film History

12th - Higher Ed
We've spent a lot of time focusing on France and the U.S. as that's where a significant amount of both infrastructure and business models were initially set up for film. But there were other countries adding their own stories to the...
Instructional Video10:49
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Do the Right Thing: Crash Course Film Criticism

12th - Higher Ed
Mainstream American films don’t often tackle race and racism head-on, and when they do, they often end up trying to find easy answers. Which makes films like Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing all the more powerful. It’s an intimate portrait...
Instructional Video10:59
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Everything, The Universe ...And Life

12th - Higher Ed
Here it is, folks: the end. In our final episode of Crash Course Astronomy, Phil gives the course a send off with a look at some of his favorite topics and the big questions that Astronomy allows us to ask.