— In which John Green teaches you about the Cold War as it unfolded in Asia. As John pointed out last week, the Cold War was occasionally hot, and a lot of that heat was generated in Asia. This is starting to sound weird with the hot/cold thing, so let’s just say that the United…
The Cold War: Crash Course US History #37
— In which John Green teaches you about the Cold War, which was the decades long conflict between the USA and the USSR. The Cold War was called cold because of the lack of actual fighting, but this is inaccurate. There was plenty of fighting, from Korea to Viet Nam to Afghanistan, but we’ll get…
The History of Atomic Chemistry: Crash Course Chemistry #37
— How did we get here? Well, in terms of Atomic Chemistry, Hank takes us on a tour of the folks that were part of the long chain of other folks who helped us get to these deeper understandings of the world. From Leucippus to Heisenberg to you – yes, YOU – the story of…
World War II Part 2 – The Homefront: Crash Course US History #36
— In which John Green teaches you about World War 2, as it was lived on the home front. You’ll learn about how the war changed the country as a whole, and changed how Americans thought about their country. John talks about the government control of war production, and how the war probably helped to…
Electrochemistry: Crash Course Chemistry #36
— Chemistry raised to the power of AWESOME! That’s what Hank is talking about today with Electrochemistry. Contained within, Hank discusses electrochemical reactions, half reactions, how batteries work, galvanic cells, voltage, standard reduction potential, cell potential, electrolysis, and electro plating and the things that go into making it possible for you to watch this episode…
World War II Part 1: Crash Course US History #35
— In which John Green teaches you about World War II, a subject so big, it takes up two episodes. This week, John will teach you how the United States got into the war, and just how involved America was before Congress actually declared war. John will actually talk a little about the military tactics…
Silicon – The Internet’s Favorite Element: Crash Course Chemistry #35
— In this episode, we talk about Silicon Valley’s namesake and how network solids are at the heart of it all. Hank also discusses Solid-State Semiconductors, N-Type and P-Type Semiconductors, Diodes, Transistors, Computer Chips, and Binary Code. All from the same thing that makes up sand! — — Transcript Provided by YouTube: 00:00 If…
The New Deal: Crash Course US History #34
— In which John Green teaches you about the New Deal, which was president Franklin D. Roosevelt’s plan to pull the united States out of the Great Depression of the 1930’s. Did it work? Maybe. John will teach you about some of the most effective and some of the best known programs of the New…
Network Solids and Carbon: Crash Course Chemistry #34
— In this episode, Hank talks about Network solids and Carbon and how you can actually create a Diamond from plain old Carbon… well, YOU probably can’t unless you own a bunch of elephants. It’s a long story. BUT, within you will learn about Solid Networks, Diamond and Graphite Network Structures, as well as Sheet…
The Civil War, Part I: Crash Course US History #20
— In which John Green ACTUALLY teaches about the Civil War. In part one of our two part look at the US Civil War, John looks into the causes of the war, and the motivations of the individuals who went to war. The overarching causes and the individual motivations were not always the same, you…
The Great Depression: Crash Course US History #33
— In which John Green teaches you about the Great Depression. So, everybody knows that the Great Depression started with the stock market crash in 1929, right? Not exactly. The Depression happened after the stock market crash, but wasn’t caused by the crash. John will teach you about how the depression started, what Herbert Hoover…
Doing Solids: Crash Course Chemistry #33
— In which Hank blows our minds with the different kinds of Solids out there and talks about why they’re all different and have different properties. Today, you’ll learn about amorphous and crystalline solids, types of crystalline solids, types of crystalline atomic solids, properties of each type of solid, and that the properties depend on…
The Roaring 20’s: Crash Course US History #32
— In which John Green teaches you about the United States in the 1920s. They were known as the roaring 20s, but not because there were lions running around everywhere. In the 1920s, America’s economy was booming, and all kinds of social changes were in progress. Hollywood, flappers, jazz, there was all kinds of stuff…
Crash Course Chemistry: Outtakes #2
— In which Hank has trouble doing and saying things. — — Transcript Provided by YouTube: 00:01 as you rub the sleep from your woman 00:07 like all languages chemistry in if you 00:11 want to call it that and I do can be 00:13 tough to learn at first but once you get…
Women’s Suffrage: Crash Course US History #31
— In which John Green teaches you about American women in the Progressive Era and, well, the progress they made. So the big deal is, of course, the right to vote women gained when the 19th amendment was passed and ratified. But women made a lot of other gains in the 30 years between 1890…
Kinetics: Chemistry’s Demolition Derby – Crash Course Chemistry #32
— Have you ever been to a Demolition Derby? Then you have an idea of how molecular collisions happen. In this episode, Hank talks about collisions between molecules and atoms, activation energy, writing rate laws, equilibrium expressions, reactions mechanics, and rate-determining steps. And funnel cakes are AWESOME! — — Transcript Provided by YouTube: 00:00…