Karl Popper, Science, & Pseudoscience: Crash Course Philosophy #8
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The Medieval Islamicate World: Crash Course History of Science #7
The religion of Islam significantly influenced knowledge-making in the greater Mediterranean and western Asian world. Islamicate scholars—meaning people influenced by Islamic civilization, regardless of their…
Mars: Crash Course Astronomy #15
Hey folks, I’m Phil Plait and this is Crash Course Astronomy. You know, I can’t think of any object in the sky that’s captured our…
India: Crash Course History of Science #4
You might have recognized the names of some of the Greek natural philosophers. They were individuals with quirky theories, and we have records about them….
The Moon: Crash Course Astronomy #12
This episode of Crash Course is brought to you by Square Space. The Moon is pretty hard to miss when it’s up at night. It’s…
Black Holes: Crash Course Astronomy #33
As we’ve seen over the past few episodes, a lot of really epic stuff happens when a star dies. If the star’s core is less…
Astrophysics and Cosmology: Crash Course Physics #46
After a year of studying the laws of the universe together, a year of studying and calculating, learning about motion and fluids, thermodynamics, electricity and…
The Big Bang, Cosmology part 1: Crash Course Astronomy #42
What is the nature of the Universe? How’s that for a question? For a long time we humans had no idea what was going on…
Neutron Stars: Crash Course Astronomy #32
When an 8 – 20 solar mass star ends its life, it does so with a bang: a supernova. And when it’s all over, there’s…
The Americas and Time Keeping: Crash Course History of Science #5
Let’s recap the history of science so far: systematic knowledge-making has probably occurred as long as humans have been around. Unfortunately, historians rely primarily on…