Name: Crash Course History of Science
Uploaded: 2018
Description: In 46 episodes, Hank Green teaches you the history of science!

In 46 episodes, Hank Green teaches you the history of science!

"What is stuff?" and "Where are we?" have inspired people all over the world to investigate. So let's dive in and see how we, as a people, have tried to figure this stuff out in this first episode of Crash Course History of Science!

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"What is stuff?" "Where are we?" Let's dive in and see how we, as a people, have tried to figure this stuff out in this first episode of Crash Course History of Science!

Intro to History of Science: Crash Course History of Science #1

So, who was this Presocrates guy? Just kidding! Long ago, some philosophers worked very hard to separate myths from what they actually knew about nature.

The Presocratics: Crash Course History of Science #2

Last week, we met the Presocratics: despite having by any reasonable standard invented science in Europe, these thinkers are lumped together today as simply "not Socrates." So who were these smarty pants? In this episode, Hank talks to us about Socrates and his students, Plato and Aristotle.

In this episode, Hank talks to us about Socrates and his students, Plato and Aristotle.

Plato and Aristotle: Crash Course History of Science #3

Greek natural philosophers were individuals with quirky theories, and we have records about them. But they weren't the only people making knowledge back in the day. Today, Hank takes us to India to talk Vedas, Maurya Empires, and some really good doctoring.

Today, Hank takes us to India to talk Vedas, Maurya Empires, and some really good doctoring.

India: Crash Course History of Science #4

In this episode of Crash Course History of Science, we travel to the Americas to ask the question, "When are we?" and get some answers. We'll look at the Maya, Inca, and Olmec civilizations and how they recorded their science.

In this episode of Crash Course History of Science, we travel to the Americas to ask the question, "When are we?" and get some answers.

The Americas and Time Keeping: Crash Course History of Science #5

The Romans developed a lot of infrastructures like roads and aqueducts to both help their cities flourish and to...you know...be better at war. But the interesting thing about Roman Engineering is how it was almost all focused on Techne and not Episteme.

The Romans developed a lot of infrastructures like roads and aqueducts. But the interesting thing is how it was almost all focused on Techne and not Episteme.

Roman Engineering: Crash Course History of Science #6

We'll dive into Islamic medicine and philosophers such as the great Persian polymath Ibn Sina in future episodes. For now, let's explore the beginnings of Islamic natural philosophy.

We'll dive into Islamic medicine and philosophers, like the great Persian polymath Ibn Sina in future episodes. Let's explore the beginnings of Islamic natural philosophy

The Medieval Islamicate World: Crash Course History of Science #7

Ancient China represents a hydraulic civilization - one that maintained its population by diverting rivers to aid in irrigation - and one that developed writing thousands of years ago. Today, we're going to focus on the time of the Northern and Southern Song Dynasties, a time of great innovation.

Today, we're going to focus on the time of the Northern and Southern Song Dynasties, a time of great innovation.

Medieval China: Crash Course History of Science #8

The history of medicine is about two of our big questions: one, what is life? What makes it so special, so fragile, so goopy!? It may be tempting to look at medicine as a science that has simply progressed over time - that medicine used to be bad, and its history is a story of how it got better.

The history of medicine is about two of our big questions: one, what is life? What makes it so special, so fragile, so goopy!?

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

In fantasy stories, charlatans in fancy robes promise to turn lead into gold. But real alchemists weren't just mystical misers. They were skilled experimentalists, backed by theories of matter.

In fantasy stories, charlatans in fancy robes promise to turn lead into gold. But real alchemists weren't just mystical misers. They were skilled experimentalists.

Alchemy: History of Science #10

Until roughly 1100, there were relatively few places of knowledge-making. Monasteries and abbeys had special rooms called scriptoria where monks copied manuscripts by hand. But the biggest places where knowledge was made were the Gothic cathedrals. Then Universities came along, too.

Until roughly 1100, there were relatively few places of knowledge-making. But the biggest places where knowledge was made were the Gothic cathedrals. Then Universities.

Cathedrals and Universities: Crash Course History of Science #11

So, what exactly is a scientific revolution? And are they more than just moments in time Historians use to mark the beginning and end of things through time? In this episode, we'll look into some ideas and people named Nick and how they fit into science.

In this episode, we'll look into some ideas and people named Nick and how they fit into science.

The Scientific Revolution: Crash Course History of Science #12

In Denmark, an eccentric rich dude constructed not one but two science castles! And his humble German assistant synthesized a lot of new, old, and bold astronomical ideas into a single sun-centered, eccentricity-positive system.

In Denmark, an eccentric rich dude constructed not one but two science castles! And his German assistant synthesized bold astronomical ideas into a sun-centered system.

The New Astronomy: Crash Course History of Science #13

Historically speaking, there is no one scientific method. There's 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".

There's 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".

The Scientific Methods: Crash Course History of Science #14

There's a question to consider that's 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 gross things!

There's a question to consider that's pretty daunting: what is life? To answer that question, three tools stand out: A book, some experiments, and the microscope!

The New Anatomy: Crash Course History of Science #15

Over the last four episodes, we've examined some of the stories that make up the idea of a "revolution" in knowledge-making in Europe. But we can't understand this idea fully, without unpacking another one - the so-called Age of Exploration.

We've examined some of the stories that make up the idea of a "revolution" in knowledge-making in Europe. In this episode, we unpack the so-called Age of Exploration.

The Columbian Exchange: Crash Course History of Science #16

The standard story of the Scientific Revolution culminates with the long life of one man: Sir Isaac Newton - a humble servant of the Royal Mint, two-time parliamentarian, and a scientific titan whose name, along with Einstein's, is synonymous with physics today.

Sir Isaac Newton, a humble servant of the Royal Mint, two-time parliamentarian, and a scientific titan whose name, along with Einsteins, is synonymous with physics today.

Newton and Leibniz: Crash Course History of Science #17

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.

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.

The New Chemistry: Crash Course History of Science #18

You've 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?"

You've probably heard of Charles Darwin, but before we get to him, you really need to understand how different people tried to answer the same question: "what is life?"

Biology Before Darwin: Crash Course History of Science #19

It's Earth Science time!!!! In this field, natural philosophers were asking questions like, what's up with fossils? Are they the remains of extinct organisms? Or are they so-called "sports of nature" - rocks that just happen to look like living things but don't mean anything?

It's Earth Science time!!!! In this field, natural philosophers were asking questions like, what's up with fossils? Are they the remains of extinct organisms?

Earth Science: Crash Course History of Science #20

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. But there's a lot more to talk about in this episode of History of Science.

You probably know some of the signs of industrialization in the nineteenth century: Trains connected cities, symbolizing progress. But they also brought destruction...

The Industrial Revolution: Crash Course History of Science #21

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 about their wonderful trips around the world.

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 Natural Selection: Crash Course History of Science #22

After Darwin blew the doors off the scientific community, a lot of people did some weird and unscientific stuff with his ideas. Francis Galton and a few others decided natural selection could be used to make the human race "better" and came up with Eugenics.

Francis Galton and a few others decided natural selection could be used to make the human race "better" and came up with Eugenics.

Eugenics and Francis Galton: Crash Course History of Science #23

It's all about the SUPER TINY in this episode of Crash Course: History of Science. In it, Hank Green talks about germ theory, John Snow (the other one), pasteurization, and why following our senses isn't always the worst idea.

Hank Green talks about germ theory, John Snow (the other one), pasteurization, and why following our senses isn't always the worst idea.

Micro-Biology: Crash Course History of Science #24

Sometimes trailblazers 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.

Sometimes trailblazers of science aren't famous like Darwin or Pasteur. This is the story of Gregor Mendel and how his work was done, lost, then found again.

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

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 first actually were figured out second.

It's time to heat things up! LITERALLY! It's time for Hank to talk about the history of Thermodynamics!!!

Thermodynamics: Crash Course History of Science #26

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.

The study of electricity goes all the way back to antiquity. Edison, Galvani, and a few others really changed the way the world worked.

Electricity: Crash Course History of Science #27

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 the industry, cars, and Henry Ford.

Some historians pointed out that the first half of this revolution looks a lot different from the second. Let's chat about the industry, cars, and Henry Ford.

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

Radio, Cinema, and Television have been staples in news coverage, entertainment, and education for almost 100 years. But... where did they all come from? Who started what and when and why? In this episode, Hank Green talks to us about their birth and a dead elephant.

In this episode, Hank Green talks to us about the birth of Radio, Cinema, and Television, and a dead elephant.

Cinema, Radio, and Television: Crash Course History of Science #29

Scientists in the nineteenth century discovered a lot about life and matter. But exactly what kind of stuff is the human brain? That one was and is tricky.

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

It's time to talk about one of the most awesome scientists that have 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 stuff?"

Marie Curie figured out ways to get an amazing education despite the limitations of her homeland and discovered some important answers to the question "what is stuff?"

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

There was physics before Einstein in the same way that there was biology before Darwin. Einstein didn't just add some new ideas to physics. And he didn't just add a unifying framework for doing physics, like Newton. Einstein took what people thought was physics, turned it upside down and inside out.

There was physics before Einstein in the same way that there was biology before Darwin. Einstein took what people thought was physics and turned it inside out.

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

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 Atomic Bomb.

This is the tale of the most destructive force humans have ever unleashed. The Atomic Bomb.

The Atomic Bomb: Crash Course History of Science #33

The history of science up until the Cold War is often overshadowed by the Manhattan Project. But, today we are going to talk about advances in biomedicine or healthcare based on a biological understanding of human bodies and diseases.

Today we are going to talk about advances in biomedicine or healthcare based on a biological understanding of human bodies and diseases.

Biomedicine: Crash Course History of Science #34

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? In this episode, we're going to bring everything together into a new Modern Biology!

Remember how Darwin and Mendel lived around the same time, but everyone forgot about Mendel until 1900? In this episode, we bring forth a new Modern Biology.

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

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 computing.

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 computing.

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

The Space Race is a trope or way of organizing historical events into a story that makes sense. In this story, the two great powers that emerged after World War Two the United States and the Soviet Union competed to send communications satellites, dogs, and people into outer space.

The two great powers that emerged after World War II the United States and the Soviet Union competed to send communications satellites, dogs, and people into outer space.

Air Travel and The Space Race: Crash Course History of Science #37

We've explored the origins of modern biology, the earth sciences, and even the sciences of outer space. Now it's time to put these disciplines together. It's Ecology time!

We've explored origins of modern biology, the earth sciences, and even the sciences of outer space. Now it's time to put these disciplines together. It's Ecology time!

Ecology: Crash Course History of Science #38

Well, it wouldn't be too long after we started developing Ecology that we would try to control the environment. In some ways this was helpful and likely prevented a lot of people from starving. But, there have been a few downsides.

It wouldn't be too long after we started developing Ecology that we would try to control the environment. This was helpful, but there have also been a few downsides.

Controlling the Environment: Crash Course History of Science #39

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.

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.

Biotechnology: Crash Course History of Science #40

After World War Two, the applications of basic discoveries in biology took off - and became big business. Today, we'll look at the rise of Big Pharma and GMO foods. We'll also discuss how life-science technologies fundamentally changed reproduction: it's time to invent In Vitro Fertilization.

Today, we'll look at the rise of Big Pharma and GMO foods and discuss how life-science technologies changed reproduction: it's time to invent In Vitro Fertilization.

Bodies and Dollars: Crash Course History of Science #41

With the question "What is life?" addressed at the molecular level, humanity could finally cure all diseases and live forever? Except, not really. It turns out we're complicated.

With the question "What is life?" addressed at the molecular level, humanity could finally cure all diseases and live forever? Not really. It turns out we're complicated.

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

It's time to get back to data and explore the unlikely birth, strange life, and potential futures of the Internet. In this episode of Crash Course History of Science, Hank sits down to talk about how computers have changed, where they're going, and how the internet fits into all of this.

It's time to get back to data and explore the unlikely birth, strange life, and potential futures of the Internet.

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

Within tech, there are questions of ethics that are not always at the top of mind when the tech is being developed. In this episode, Hank sits down to chat about CRISPR and the science of Human longevity.

In this episode, Hank sits down to chat about CRISPR and the science of Human longevity.

Life and Longevity: Crash Course History of Science #44

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 how it works today.

In this episode of Crash Course History of Science, Hank talks to us about where Climate Science started and how it works today.

Climate Science: Crash Course History of Science #45

It's the final episode of our History of Science series and we thought it would be good to talk a little about some of the people we couldn't get to and some of the reasons we need to talk about diversity in scientists. Thanks for the journey, everyone!

It's the final episode of our History of Science series and we thought it would be good to talk a little about some of the people we couldn't get to.