Hank tells us the stories of three experiments in biology that, with creativity and luck, changed science & the world with it in their work to solve the mysteries of the universe.

Today we are talking about 3 scientists who, through their collective inventions and discoveries, have saved millions of lives.

Sometimes trail blazers of science aren't famous like Darwin or Pasteur. Sometimes they're humble Abbots, just growing peas in the back of their Abbey. This is the story of Gregor Mendel and how his work was done, lost, then found again.

It's all about the SUPER TINY in this episode of Crash Course: History of Science. In it, Hank Green talks about germ theory, John Snow (the other one), pasteurization, and why following our senses isn't always the worst idea.

Vaccination

¡Muy interesante! La serendipia, o descubrimientos accidentales, ha desempeñado un papel significativo en la historia de la ciencia y la invención. Como mencionaste, a menudo se requiere una mente abierta y perspicaz para...

Louis Pasteur explains how he discovered pasteurisation and worked on his germ theory