In the decades following World War II, life changed in many ways, and a fair number of those changes were for the better. Many of those improvements were driven by advances in science and technology, in fields like biology, communication, energy production, space exploration, and especially medicine.
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-Smith, Bonnie G. Europe in the Contemporary World, 1900 to the Present. 2nd ed. London: Bloomsbury, 2020.
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Is this the oldest John Green reference to tuberculosis? Probably not, but it's interesting hearing him talk about it years before he became as passionate about fighting it as he is in 2023!
In all the times I've heard the story of the first penicilin patient told, it was always of how amazingly his symptoms improved. The story implied that his life had been saved. It's so tragic to hear that there wasn't enough peniclin in the world to actually save him.
I love you crash course <3
Come on now lets not be American-centric you glossed over every single soviet space achievement
Put some respect on my man Rosalind Franklin
So next time that Noah guy's gonna just get a bunch of water tubes onto his ship to make new life now
John Green for President
Why did you steal the channel
The world starts to end when people start saying they have no religion.
"…while we were watching good stuff like hee-haw" XD
Wait, where's my centre of the world!?
Both Rosalind and Maurice did the essential research that ensured Watson and Crick could theorise the structure of DNA, Rosalind is as deserving if not more so of a Nobel Prize
Yes, yes we should get in this war for technological evolution for sake of sustainability, at list.
Meanwhile, I almost died because a doctor prescribed me penicillin, lol.
nuclear power using uranium and plutonium was a colossal mistake …admit it you gatekeepers and disinfo agents
vaccines are a great con job and have become the weapon of choice for eugenicists
You mentioned Airbus but not Concorde – a collaboration between France and Britain that stayed in service for almost 30 years
Love your videos. Would love to see more on Asia. For example the bubble in Japan and the following lost decades.
I really like the powerful conclusion of the video.
I almost got so mad when u didn't say Franklin with the dna and then you did so it's all okay
Not a kid anymore but these videos are still the best. Thanks John and team for the astounding quality of this series and those prior.
7:32 "So if you feel weird or uncomfortable for having met your romantic partner on the internet – Don't! We'd been doing that since the eighties."
Now I'm relieved, weird things were obviously never done in the eighties.
Was feeling low today, but then realized there were two unseen episodes of Crash Course waiting for me. Life is good again. Have you ever thought of doing an art history series? Judging by your literature and theater series (and others, of course, but I do not have a good head for the "hard" sciences) it would be yet another study in awesomeness! Huge fan!
Hey CrashCourse team, I don't know if you often answer to comments like this but, I have a question regarding one of the pictures you showed on this video. At the 4:23 minute mark you show a man standing beside some technological equipment, and he is astonishingly similar to my father. I was wondering if you could tell me the source for that photo or where can I find it. Would it be possible for you to share it with me?
Is it weird to say Jaden Smith Studios at all? Not that it should be, but Jaden Smith and John Green is the most obscure crossover I didn’t know I needed.
Thank you for that ode to Alabama!
We spend more hours devoted to television than any other artifact? Sir, do you not own a bed? Ovens, refirgerators, and bathtubs/showers are other leading contenders. In the USA, the automobile is definitely higher up the list than television, and in many other parts of the world it is the bicycle. I suspect for many people even the humble toilet at least gives television a run for its money.
No mention of ESA or Euroatom
Dear Mr. Green
I happen to enjoy very much your series not only on western literature, but quite on the international one. I ask you sincerely as an Iranian to do an episode on a beloved persian literature, the novel: My Uncle Napoleon by Iraj Pezeshkzad. The
Other literary jewel we hold dear is: The book of kings by Abolghasem Ferdowsi which is known to preserve the persian language after the arab conquest of Persia.
We'd very much appreciate it.
Crash Course has had an extraordinary increase in quality since 2012. They're going from strength to strength! This is so amazing to see again after all these years.
Always when I hear "around the world" I remember that there are people who believe in flat earth….
in my country Tuberculosis treatment is free.
14:50 ya look so sad John Green…the arc of justice is long and slow…
Love it
I'm so thankful you actually mentioned that Watson and Crick stole Rosalind Franklin's work. Many courses skip that "little" detail.
The essential thing I take away from this is that technology changes a lot but people not so much.
Wow, I caught up… This series is so amazing!
wth this is the guy that wrote the fault in our stars how did i just realise this now
Tuberculosis was defeated in Europe, and then the massive Waves of Immigrants came and brought back these long forgotten terrors – so the numbers in 2015 are massively unrepresentative of "European Healthcare" and just a sign of massive illegal Immigration
Hello please make a video about Sweden
BRING BACK CRASH COURSE LITERATURE
why arent you as happy anymore?
A crash course on systemic racism in America would be beneficial for all to know about why we are seeing what we are seeing through America regarding the murder of George Floyd.
8:52 BOFFINS in their natural habitat! Note the spinny tape drive in the background all computers had them
I am baffled you didn't speak of one of the most important factor for the European people to get together that also includes media and technology: the Eurovision Song Contest. :p
Nice video