YouTube Courses

Evolution of Sex and Reproductive Strategies

Explore reproductive strategies, competition, and evolution across species, focusing on gender differences, mating behaviors, and the role of violence in reproduction among great apes.

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• 1 hour 6 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Media and the Fertility Transition in Developing Countries - Lecture 22

Explore how media influences fertility rates in developing nations, focusing on innovative strategies using radio and TV dramas to promote women's rights, family planning, and social change.

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• 1 hour 17 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

When Humans Were Scarce - Population Growth in Hunter-Gatherer and Early Agricultural Societies

Explore human population dynamics from hunter-gatherers to early agriculturalists, examining factors influencing fertility, mortality, and societal development throughout history.

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• 1 hour 9 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Berzelius, Gay-Lussac, and Davy - Advances in Chemistry from 1805-1832 - Lecture 21

Explore key developments in early 19th-century chemistry, including electrolysis, dualism, and the radical theory, through the work of Berzelius, Gay-Lussac, Davy, Wöhler, and Liebig.

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• 49 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Van't Hoff's Tetrahedral Carbon and Chirality - Lecture 26

Explore tetrahedral carbon models, optical isomers, and chirality in organic chemistry. Discover van't Hoff's groundbreaking work on stereochemistry and its implications for molecular structure and symmetry.

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• 48 minutes
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• Free Video

Preparing Single Enantiomers and the Mechanism of Optical Rotation

Explore optical rotation in chiral molecules, from enantiomer synthesis to the mechanism of polarized light interaction, with insights on its relevance in biological systems and drug development.

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• 50 minutes
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• Free Video

Oxygen and the Chemical Revolution - From Alchemy to Lavoisier (1789)

Explore the origins of modern chemistry, from alchemy to Lavoisier's revolutionary ideas on oxidation, elements, and scientific language in this historical journey through early chemical discoveries.

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• 47 minutes
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• Free Video

Preparing Single Enantiomers and Conformational Energy - Freshman Organic Chemistry

Explore chirality, single enantiomer production, and conformational isomerism in organic chemistry. Learn about legal implications, isolation methods, and energy considerations in molecular structures.

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• 49 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Orbital Correction and Plum-Pudding Molecules in Organic Chemistry - Lecture 11

Explore advanced orbital theory, electron repulsion corrections, and molecular structure using the Plum-Pudding model. Gain insights into atomic orbitals and their relation to molecules like methane and ammonia.

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• 49 minutes
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• Free Video

Reality and the Orbital Approximation in Freshman Organic Chemistry - Lecture 10

Explore quantum mechanics in organic chemistry, from probability density to hybrid orbitals, and the challenges of describing multi-electron systems using one-electron models.

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• 49 minutes
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• Free Video

Force Laws, Lewis Structures and Resonance in Organic Chemistry

Explore chemical bonding through force laws, Lewis structures, and resonance. Understand valence electrons' role in molecular structure and reactivity. Gain insights into fundamental organic chemistry concepts.

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• 50 minutes
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• Free Video

One-Dimensional Wave Functions in Quantum Chemistry - Lecture 8

Explore wave functions, their relationship to kinetic energy and probability density, and how they apply to various potentials. Learn about the isotope effect on bond properties in organic chemistry.

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• 50 minutes
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Radical and Type Theories in Organic Chemistry (1832-1850) - Lecture 22

Explores radical and type theories in organic chemistry, covering historical developments, key figures, and fundamental concepts like HOMO-LUMO mechanism and free-radical chain reactions.

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• 49 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Civic Architecture in Rome under Trajan - The Mother of All Forums

Explore Trajan's ambitious architectural projects in Rome, including his baths, forum, markets, and the iconic Column of Trajan, reflecting the empire's expansion and grandeur.

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• 1 hour 12 minutes
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• Free Video

Dante's Divine Comedy: Inferno Cantos I-IV - Analysis and Interpretation

Explore Dante's Divine Comedy through an in-depth analysis of Inferno's first four cantos, examining stylistic features, narrative structure, and the poem's relationship to classical tradition.

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• 1 hour 15 minutes
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• Free Video