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The Nature of Things

Season 1 · 25 episodes · Nov 6, 1960

  1. Episode 1

    Why Is It So?

    Nov 6, 1960

  2. Episode 2

    The Roar of the Crowd

    Nov 13, 1960

    Study of brain cells, how research has helped the understanding of learning and memory. Filmed at the Montreal Neurological Institute, with Dr. Wilder Penfield and Dr. Herbert Jasper

  3. Episode 3

    The Future of Science

    Nov 20, 1960

    Professor Donald Ivey probes the attitudes and working habits of scientists

  4. Episode 4

    Schizophrenia

    Nov 27, 1960

  5. Episode 5

    Engineering

    Dec 4, 1960

  6. Episode 6

    Man as an Environment

    Dec 11, 1960

  7. Episode 7

    Science Fiction

    Dec 18, 1960

  8. Episode 8

    A special Christmas edition

    Dec 25, 1960

  9. Episode 9

    The Aurora-Borealis

    Jan 1, 1961

  10. Episode 10

    Man as an Environment – Human Body

    Jan 8, 1961

  11. Episode 11

    Kept Alive

    Jan 15, 1961

  12. Episode 12

    Physics and Games – Laws of Probability

    Jan 22, 1961

  13. Episode 13

    The Face of the Moon

    Jan 29, 1961

  14. Episode 14

    Hibernation

    Feb 5, 1961

  15. Episode 15

    Man and His Environment

    Feb 12, 1961

  16. Episode 16

    Eclipse

    Feb 19, 1961

  17. Episode 17

    Animal Communication

    Feb 26, 1961

  18. Episode 18

    The Speed of Light

    Mar 5, 1961

  19. Episode 19

    Monotony

    Mar 12, 1961

    Dr. John Zubec of the University of Manitoba explains his experiments and studies on boredom and its effects on the human mind

  20. Episode 20

    The Chemical Senses

    Mar 19, 1961

  21. Episode 21

    The Mohole: Earth's Crust

    Apr 2, 1961

  22. Episode 22

    Laws of Conservation

    Apr 16, 1961

  23. Episode 23

    Photosynthesis

    Apr 23, 1961

  24. Episode 24

    Physics of Clouds

    Apr 30, 1961

  25. Episode 25

    The Sources of Science

    May 7, 1961