That’s Why Carbon Is A Tramp
Come and learn about covalent, ionic, and hydrogen bonds. What about electron orbitals, the octet rule, and what does it all have to do with a mad man named Gilbert Lewis? It’s all contained within.
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Intro to Economics
Jacob Clifford and Adriene launch a brand new Crash Course on Economics! So, what is economics? Good question. It’s not necessarily about money, or stock markets, or trade. It’s about people and choices. What, you may ask, does that mean. We’ll show you. Let’s get started!
How and Why We Read
Why do we read? What’s the point of reading critically. John will argue that reading is about effectively communicating with other people. Unlike a direct communication though, the writer has to communicate with a stranger, through time and space, with only “dry dead words on a page.” So how’s that going to work? Find out …
The Creation of Chemistry – The Fundamental Laws
This course 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 aristocrat, and explains how …
Mesopotamia
John presents Mesopotamia, and the early civilizations that arose around the Fertile Crescent. Topics covered include the birth of territorial kingdoms, empires, Neo-Assyrian torture tactics, sacred marriages, ancient labor practices, and the world’s first law code.
What is Philosophy?
Hank begins to teach you about Philosophy by discussing the historical origins of philosophy in ancient Greece, and its three main divisions: metaphysics, epistemology, and value theory. He will also introduce logic, and how you’re going to use it to understand and critically evaluate a whole host of different world views throughout this course. And …