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History of Science - CrashCourse

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Overview

In 46 episodes, Hank Green teaches you the history of science! This course is based on the 2nd and 3rd edition of Science & Technology in World History by McClellan & Dorn. By the end of this course, you will be able to:

* Thoughtfully consider the questions, “What is stuff?” and “Where are we?”
* Understand science as a social and historical concept that varies between cultures
* Describe the development of the process and products of scientific inquiry over time
* Explain how scientists influence society and society influences scientists
* Contextualize the limitations of scientific inquiry, from what we still don’t know to who has been excluded

Syllabus

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Intro to History of Science: Crash Course History of Science #1.
The Presocratics: Crash Course History of Science #2.
Plato and Aristotle: Crash Course History of Science #3.
India: Crash Course History of Science #4.
The Americas and Time Keeping: Crash Course History of Science #5.
Roman Engineering: Crash Course History of Science #6.
The Medieval Islamicate World: Crash Course History of Science #7.
Medieval China: Crash Course History of Science #8.
Ancient & Medieval Medicine: Crash Course History of Science #9.
Alchemy: History of Science #10.
Cathedrals and Universities: Crash Course History of Science #11.
The Scientific Revolution: Crash Course History of Science #12.
The New Astronomy: Crash Course History of Science #13.
The Scientific Methods: Crash Course History of Science #14.
The New Anatomy: Crash Course History of Science #15.
The Columbian Exchange: Crash Course History of Science #16.
Newton and Leibniz: Crash Course History of Science #17.
The New Chemistry: Crash Course History of Science #18.
Biology Before Darwin: Crash Course History of Science #19.
Earth Science: Crash Course History of Science #20.
The Industrial Revolution: Crash Course History of Science #21.
Darwin and Natural Selection: Crash Course History of Science #22.
Eugenics and Francis Galton: Crash Course History of Science #23.
Micro-Biology: Crash Course History of Science #24.
Genetics - Lost and Found: Crash Course History of Science #25.
Thermodynamics: Crash Course History of Science #26.
Electricity: Crash Course History of Science #27.
Ford, Cars, and a New Revolution: Crash Course History of Science #28.
Cinema, Radio, and Television: Crash Course History of Science #29.
The Mind/Brain: Crash Course History of Science #30.
Marie Curie and Spooky Rays: Crash Course History of Science #31.
Einstein's Revolution: Crash Course History of Science #32.
The Atomic Bomb: Crash Course History of Science #33.
Biomedicine: Crash Course History of Science #34.
Genetics and The Modern Synthesis: Crash Course History of Science #35.
The Computer and Turing: Crash Course History of Science #36.
Air Travel and The Space Race: Crash Course History of Science #37.
Ecology: Crash Course History of Science #38.
Controlling the Environment: Crash Course History of Science #39.
Biotechnology: Crash Course History of Science #40.
Bodies and Dollars: Crash Course History of Science #41.
The Century of the Gene: Crash Course History of Science #42.
The Internet and Computing: Crash Course History of Science #43.
Life and Longevity: Crash Course History of Science #44.
Climate Science: Crash Course History of Science #45.
The Limits of History: Crash Course History of Science #46.

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Reviews

4.7 rating, based on 15 Class Central reviews

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  • Profile image for Ronny De Winter
    Ronny De Winter @RonnyDeWinter
    This course was not my piece of cake. The core is a set of youtube video's by Hank Green, based on a study book. The video's are fast and dynamic, on top of that they are edited, e.g. the space between the sentences are cut away. This makes the pace…
  • Profile image for Monica Missaghi
    Monica Missaghi @Mommika
    Dense course, but thoroughly enjoyable and swift moving in a way that logically built on itself. I appreciated that there was insight into the twin phenomena of "History through a Patriarchal Lens" and "History through a Western/White Lens" and that…
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    Manoel Cortes Mendez @manoel
    The History of Science Crash Course is a fast-paced overview of how our understanding of the world (and of the knowledge-gathering process itself) has evolved since Ancient times. The course emphasizes breadth over depth, focusing on specific milestones: pre-socratics philosophy, Middles Eastern medicine, Newton's laws of motion, DNA discovery, you name it.

    I took the course via Class Central's study group. So every week, I met with other learners on Zoom to review the material and discuss what we'd learned. Since the course explores plenty of topics, is well presented, and is beautifully animated, it made for some really pleasant conversations during meetings.
  • Profile image for Katty Alegría Solórzano
    Katty Alegría Solórzano @clioteorica
    This course was an interesting approach to the learning possibilities of a platform like YouTube, still underrated as I see it. About CrashCourse, I found Zack funny and entertaining, with good quality videos covering the most essential subjects of the matter; though the overall approach I found ethnocentric.

    Even when I took the course via Class Central, I couldn't enjoy enough of the Study Group live sessions, great team and fellow classmates, who had a wider approach than the responsible for the original course. The plus for me, altogether with my class, are Fabio's flashcards, I hope many college students can enjoy them.
  • Profile image for Fabio Dantas
    Fabio Dantas @fabio
    This was a surprisingly great course. It's fast paced and rich in content, even though it's supposed to be only an overview of so many scientists and natural philosophers. I had to watch at least twice each video to grasp the concept. Also, something that helped was being in the Class Central Study Group and creating flashcards and slides to help me fix the content.

    Tip: You can find ready-to-use flashcards on Quizlet, Kahoot, or Quizizz searching by topic. Here are the ones I've made: https://quizlet.com/class/19463011/

    Downsides: Crash Course don't provide certificates and practice test.
  • Profile image for Imane Maiouet
    Imane Maiouet @imanemaiouet
    The course was well organized, and each element was simply and clearly encompassed and explained.I liked the fact that the order of discovery of each science and element was followed because it allowed the learners to easily follow with the course.
  • Profile image for Pat Bowden
    Pat Bowden @pat
    An excellent overview of scientific knowledge from thousands of years ago to the present. It would have been hard to decide how to arrange the material, but Hank Green and the Crash Course team have produced a great result.
  • Profile image for Vaneza Nascimento De Oliveira Melo
    Vaneza Nascimento De Oliveira Melo @Vaneza
    course is very good, The theoretical classes were completed on youtube, the contents are relevant and good for learning.
  • Manuel Andrdae
    Certainly in my point of view it was good, as the classes do not address science only as a basis, but rather as a cell of the history of humanity as a whole, of the first human need to intervene technology even today
  • Thinley Gyeltshen
    Thank you for conducting this kind of course since we are able to know the ancient world and know the history why and how did it get started so it was very delightful course for people like me who is still an student and this should be also followed by other youth across the world...so crush course is the perfect for learning
  • Profile image for Dhawal Shah
    Dhawal Shah @dhawal
    Hank Green and the Crash Course team did a wonderful job of summarizing the history of science. Each video is action packed with information presented in a visually appealing. Sometimes it did feel overwhelming and the fast paced nature of the videos took a while to get used to.

    I did course as part of a study group at Class Central and we had many lively Zoom discussions.
  • Jam Rio A. Amilasan, Jr.
    Engaging History of Science User write a 100 words review for History of Science by CrashCourse ChatGPT The CrashCourse series on the History of Science is a captivating and educational journey through the evolution of scientific thought and disc…
  • Profile image for Hruday Chalumuri
    Hruday Chalumuri
    Great Course, learned a lot in the course and understood many important things relating to history and great intellectual reasoning!
  • Profile image for Imam Mehedi Hasan
    Imam Mehedi Hasan
    This course was not my piece of cake. The core is a set of youtube video's by Hank Green, based on a study book. The video's are fast and dynamic, on top of that they are edited, e.g. the space between the sentences are cut away. This makes the pace very dynamic, however not very easy to digest, spaces between sentences are needed to process the information in your brain. I quit the course after the first week.

    Youtube videos alone is a very limited approach to learning, no time to reflect and repeat, think and associate. Thank you

  • Mohammad Ashikur Rahman
    I'm feeling very happy to complete this course. Its very interesting & clearly volume. We can learn many thing from this course.
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