Instructional Video12:54
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Asian Responses to Imperialism: Crash Course World History

12th - Higher Ed
In 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...
Instructional Video12:05
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Carboxylic Acid Derivatives & Hydrolysis Reactions: Crash Course Organic Chemistry

12th - Higher Ed
Esters have a wide range of uses, from giving perfumes and colognes their fragrances, to preventing diseases like scurvy. Vitamin C, that scurvy preventing antioxidant, is derived from carboxylic acids, a class of organic compounds we’ve...
Instructional Video11:46
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The Rise of Cotton Crash Course Black American History

12th - Higher Ed
Cotton is everywhere in our modern world, and it became a hugely important crop in the 19th century United States. Cotton was a huge economic boon to the US, and much of that wealth was built on the backs of enslaved laborers. And cotton...
Instructional Video9:03
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Blood Vessels, part 2: Crash Course A&P

12th - Higher Ed
And now we return to blood vessels. In this episode, we start discussing what blood pressure is, how it can become "high", and what that means for our health. One of the more interesting points is that your body has ways of dealing with...
Instructional Video11:18
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Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence: Crash Course Computer Science

12th - Higher Ed
So we've talked a lot in this series about how computers fetch and display data, but how do they make decisions on this data? From spam filters and self-driving cars, to cutting edge medical diagnosis and real-time language translation,...
Instructional Video10:00
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How We Got Here: Crash Course Sociology

12th - Higher Ed
So we know that sociology is the study of society, but what exactly *is* a society? Today we’re going to find out. We’ll look at Gerhard Lenski's classification of societies into five types, and the technological changes that turn one...
Instructional Video9:54
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Nuclear Physics: Crash Course Physics

12th - Higher Ed
It's time for our second to final Physics episode. So, let's talk Einstein and Nuclear Physics. What does E=MC2 actually mean? Why is it so useful to us as physicists and humans? In this episode of Crash Course Physics, Shini sits down...
Instructional Video13:40
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Iran's Revolutions: Crash Course World History 226

12th - Higher Ed
In which John Green teaches you about Iran's Revolutions. Yes, revolutions plural. What was the1979 Iranian Revolution about? It turns out, Iran has a pretty long history of unrest in order to put power in the hands of the people, and...
Instructional Video9:55
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The Nucleus: Crash Course Chemistry

12th - Higher Ed
Hank does his best to convince us that chemistry is not torture, but is instead the amazing and beautiful science of stuff. Chemistry can tell us how three tiny particles - the proton, neutron and electron - come together in trillions of...
Instructional Video11:56
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Foreign Aid and Remittance: Crash Course Econ

12th - Higher Ed
What is foreign aid? How much foreign aid does the United States distribute each year. Comparatively, not much. In fact, foreign aid only accounts for a small fraction of most nations' overall spending. But it's hugely important. Foreign...
Instructional Video11:20
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The Economics of Immigration: Crash Course Econ

12th - Higher Ed
Is Immigration good or bad? Immigration is a touchy subject in the United States. The 2016 election has been filled with debate about the subject, and both proponents and opponents have lots of reasons for their stance. But, this is a...
Instructional Video15:51
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World War II: Crash Course European History

12th - Higher Ed
Only 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...
Instructional Video8:06
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Harriet Martineau Gender Conflict Theory Crash Course Sociology

12th - Higher Ed
Today we’re exploring another branch of conflict theory: gender conflict theory, with a look at sociology’s forgotten founder, Harriet Martineau. We’ll also discuss the three waves of feminism, as well as intersectionality.
Instructional Video12:48
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Martin Luther King, Jr: Crash Course Black American History

12th - Higher Ed
Today we're going to learn about perhaps the best-known leader in the Civil Rights Era, Martin Luther King, Jr. From his rise to notoriety during the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955, his leadership of the Southern Christian Leadership...
Instructional Video12:16
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Why Early Globalization Matters: Crash Course Big History

12th - Higher Ed
Globalization 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...
Instructional Video10:24
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Speciation: Of Ligers & Men - Crash Course Biology

12th - Higher Ed
Hank explains speciation - the evolutionary process by which new biological species arise - in terms of finches, ligers, mules, and dogs.
Instructional Video9:57
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How Not to Set Your Pizza on Fire: Crash Course Engineering #15

12th - Higher Ed
Today we’re going to explain how exchangers...exchange heat. We’ll look at concentric tubes, finned tubes, plate heat exchangers, and shell-and-tube heat exchangers. And we’ll look at some equations to help us sort through heat transfer...
Instructional Video12:28
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Taxes: Crash Course Economics

12th - Higher Ed
We've been talking about the unavoidables recently. Last time, we covered Death. This time, it's taxes. So, what are taxes? Why do we pay taxes? What is all that tax money used for? This week, Adriene is going to cover all that and more....
Instructional Video10:35
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T-Tests A Matched Pair Made in Heaven - Crash Course Statistics

12th - Higher Ed
Today we're going to walk through a couple of statistical approaches to answer the question: "is coffee from the local cafe, Caf-fiend, better than that other cafe, The Blend Den?" We'll build a two sample t-test which will tell us how...
Instructional Video10:13
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Liquids: Crash Course Chemistry

12th - Higher Ed
In this episode of Crash Course Chemistry, Hank gives you the low down on things like London Dispersion Forces, Hydrogen Bonds, Cohesion, Adhesion, Viscosity, Capillary Action, Surface Tension, and why liquids are just... WEIRD! -- TABLE...
Instructional Video10:11
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Electronic Computing: Crash Course Computer Science

12th - Higher Ed
So we ended last episode at the start of the 20th century with special purpose computing devices such as Herman Hollerith’s tabulating machines. But as the scale of human civilization continued to grow as did the demand for more...
Instructional Video7:34
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Torque: Crash Course Physics

12th - Higher Ed
What is torque? This is one of those things that you may have heard about in passing but never really understood. In this episode of Crash Course Physics, Shini sits down with us to discuss what torque is, how it works, why it works, and...
Instructional Video8:44
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The Law of Conservation: Crash Course Engineering #7

12th - Higher Ed
Today Shini explains the law of conservation, beginning with simple, steady-state systems. We’ll discuss conversion and yield, accumulation, and how generation and consumption can affect how much accumulation there is in a system.
Instructional Video9:57
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Software Engineering: Crash Course Computer Science

12th - Higher Ed
Today, we’re going to talk about how HUGE programs with millions of lines of code like Microsoft Office are built. Programs like these are way too complicated for a single person, but instead require teams of programmers using the tools...