— Sometimes words can be hard to say. — — Transcript Provided by YouTube: 00:00 over the last 52 weeks I’ve enjoyed 00:02 sharing with you my fascination with 00:04 biology if you’ve been through it with 00:06 us you’ve now got yourself a pretty deep 00:09 and complex understanding of how we over…
Water & Solutions – for Dirty Laundry: Crash Course Chemistry #7
— Dihydrogen monoxide (better know as water) is the key to nearly everything. It falls from the sky, makes up 60% of our bodies, and just about every chemical process related to life takes place with it or in it. Without it, none of the chemical reactions that keep us alive would happen – none…
The Constitution, the Articles, and Federalism: Crash Course US History #8
— In which John Green teaches you about the United States Constitution. During and after the American Revolutionary War, the government of the new country operated under the Articles of Confederation. While these Articles got the young nation through its war with England, they weren’t of much use when it came to running a country.…
Stoichiometry: Chemistry for Massive Creatures – Crash Course Chemistry #6
— Chemists need stoichiometry to make the scale of chemistry more understandable – Hank is here to explain why, and to teach us how to use it. — — Transcript Provided by YouTube: 00:00 By now, you’re probably starting to see how chemistry can change your view of the world. 00:04 Chemistry explains everything…
Who Won the American Revolution?: Crash Course US History #7
— In which John Green teaches you about the American Revolution. And the Revolutionary War. I know we’ve labored the point here, but they weren’t the same thing. In any case, John will teach you about the major battles of the war, and discuss the strategies on both sides. Everyone is familiar with how this…
The Electron: Crash Course Chemistry #5
— Hank brings us the story of the electron and describes how reality is a kind of music, discussing electron shells and orbitals, electron configurations, ionization and electron affinities, and how all these things can be understood via the periodic table. — — Transcript Provided by YouTube: 00:00 Hello, I’m Hank Green! Welcome to…
Taxes & Smuggling – Prelude to Revolution: Crash Course US History #6
— In which John Green teaches you about the roots of the American Revolution. The Revolution did not start on July 4, 1776. The Revolutionary War didn’t start on July 4 either. (as you remember, I’m sure, the Revolution and the Revolutionary War are not the same thing) The shooting started on April 19, 1775,…
The Periodic Table: Crash Course Chemistry #4
— Hank gives us a tour of the most important table ever, including the life story of the obsessive man who championed it, Dmitri Mendeleev. The periodic table of elements is a concise, information-dense catalog of all of the different sorts of atoms in the universe, and it has a wealth of information to tell…
The Seven Years War and the Great Awakening: Crash Course US History #5
— In which John Green teaches you about the beginnings of the American Revolution in a video titled The Seven Years War. Confusing? Maybe. John argues that the Seven Years War, which is often called the French and Indian War in the US, laid a lot of the groundwork for the Revolution. More confusing? Why…
The Creation of Chemistry – The Fundamental Laws: Crash Course Chemistry #3
— Today’s Crash Course Chemistry takes a historical perspective on the creation of the science, which didn’t really exist until a super-smart, super-wealthy Frenchman put the puzzle pieces together – Hank tells the story of how we went from alchemists to chemists, who understood the law of conservation of mass as proposed by a decapitated…
The Quakers, the Dutch, and the Ladies: Crash Course US History #4
— In which John Green teaches you about some of the colonies that were not in Virginia or Massachussetts. Old New York was once New Amsterdam. Why they changed it, I can say; ENGLISH people just liked it better that way, and when the English took New Amsterdam in 1643, that’s just what they did.…
Unit Conversion & Significant Figures: Crash Course Chemistry #2
— A unit is the frequently arbitrary designation we have given to something to convey a definite magnitude of a physical quantity and every quantity can be expressed in terms of the seven base units that are contained in the international system of units. Hank thinks this is a thrilling subject, and while you may…
The Natives and the English – Crash Course US History #3
— In which John Green teaches you about relations between the early English colonists and the native people the encountered in the New World. In short, these relations were poor. As soon as they arrived, the English were in conflict with the native people. At Jamestown, Captain John Smith briefly managed to get the colony…
The Nucleus: Crash Course Chemistry #1
— 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 combinations to form … everything. In this inaugural episode of Crash Course…
When is Thanksgiving? Colonizing America: Crash Course US History #2
— In which John Green teaches you about the (English) colonies in what is now the United States. He covers the first permanent English colony at Jamestown, Virginia, the various theocracies in Massachusetts, the feudal kingdom in Maryland, and even a bit about the spooky lost colony at Roanoke Island. What were the English doing…
Crash Course Chemistry Preview!
— Hank gives you a preview of things to come this year on Crash Course Chemistry! Be sure to subscribe for a new episode every week! — — Transcript Provided by YouTube: 00:00 Over the last 52 weeks I’ve enjoyed sharing with you my fascination with biology. 00:04 If you’ve been through it with…