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The Nature of Things is a Canadian television series of documentary programs. It debuted on CBC Television on November 6, 1960. Many of the programs document nature and the effect that humans have on it. The program was one of the first to explore environmental issues, such as clear-cut logging. The series is named after an epic poem by Roman philosopher Lucretius: "Dē Rērum Nātūrā" — On the Nature of Things.
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Episode 1 - Looking Ahead
Release Date: 1962-01-04 -
Episode 2 - Photography in Science
Release Date: 1962-01-11 -
Episode 3 - To Educate a Scientist
Release Date: 1962-01-18 -
Episode 4 - The Situation Is Fluid
Release Date: 1962-01-25 -
Episode 5 - Gallstones
Release Date: 1962-02-01 -
Episode 6 - The Upper Mantle Project
Release Date: 1962-02-08 -
Episode 7 - The Physics of Music
Release Date: 1962-02-22 -
Episode 8 - Survival
Release Date: 1962-03-01An appraisal of the probable effects of a large-scale nuclear blast over a North American city. Dr. Tom Stonier of the Rockefeller Institute of Government discusses what can be expected to happen to people and property as a result of such a blast.
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Episode 9 - Man and the Moon
Release Date: 1962-03-08 -
Episode 10 - Hibernating Molecules
Release Date: 1962-03-15Hosts Dr. Donald Ivey and Dr. Patterson Hume talk about conditions at extremely cold temperatures, when matter 'hibernates' and molecular action slows almost to a complete stop, and how this allows physicists to study the basic structure of matter.
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Episode 11 - Monkey Curiosity
Release Date: 1962-03-29 -
Episode 12 - Spermatozoa
Release Date: 1962-04-05Lord Rothschild of the University of Cambridge describes the results of his research in the field of spermatozoa
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Episode 13 - Animals With Feathers
Release Date: 1962-04-12Dr. William Swinton, head of the Royal Ontario Museum's Life Sciences Department, and John Livingston, executive director of the National Audubon Society, trace the history of birds
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Episode 14 - Getting the Upper Hand
Release Date: 1962-04-26 -
Episode 15 - Thinking about Math
Release Date: 1962-05-03Host Lister Sinclair discusses the thinking that goes into the science of mathematics. Using animated film and studio demonstrations, he explains Mathematical logic
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Episode 16 - The Plague
Release Date: 1962-05-10 -
Episode 17 - Instant Heat
Release Date: 1962-05-17Co-hosted by Drs. Patterson Hume and Donald Ivey, of the University of Toronto. They show how electricity can be produced directly from heat, and vice versa, and discuss the difficulties of transforming thermal energy into electrical energy.
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Episode 18 - A Science Newsreel
Release Date: 1962-05-24 -
Episode 19 - Learning
Release Date: 1962-06-07 -
Episode 20 - A Bang-Up Job
Release Date: 1962-06-21 -
Episode 21 - Out of Africa
Release Date: 1962-06-28 -
Episode 22 - Count on Me
Release Date: 1962-07-05Computers are given the once-over by Drs. Donald Ivey and Patterson Hume.
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Episode 23 - Blood in the Balance
Release Date: 1962-07-19 -
Episode 24 - Episode 24
Release Date: 1962-07-26Examines work of Dr. William Sheldon, who has spent 30 years gathering statistics about the human physique, classifying body types, and correlating this information to medical and psychiatric studies