The Nature of Things
Season 2
196224 episodes
Episodes
- E1
Looking Ahead
1962-01-04
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E2
Photography in Science
1962-01-11
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E3
To Educate a Scientist
1962-01-18
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E4
The Situation Is Fluid
1962-01-25
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E5
Gallstones
1962-02-01
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E6
The Upper Mantle Project
1962-02-08
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E7
The Physics of Music
1962-02-22
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E8
Survival
1962-03-01
An 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.
- E9
Man and the Moon
1962-03-08
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E10
Hibernating Molecules
1962-03-15
Hosts 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.
- E11
Monkey Curiosity
1962-03-29
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E12
Spermatozoa
1962-04-05
Lord Rothschild of the University of Cambridge describes the results of his research in the field of spermatozoa
- E13
Animals With Feathers
1962-04-12
Dr. 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
- E14
Getting the Upper Hand
1962-04-26
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E15
Thinking about Math
1962-05-03
Host Lister Sinclair discusses the thinking that goes into the science of mathematics. Using animated film and studio demonstrations, he explains Mathematical logic
- E16
The Plague
1962-05-10
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E17
Instant Heat
1962-05-17
Co-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.
- E18
A Science Newsreel
1962-05-24
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E19
Learning
1962-06-07
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E20
A Bang-Up Job
1962-06-21
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E21
Out of Africa
1962-06-28
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E22
Count on Me
1962-07-05
Computers are given the once-over by Drs. Donald Ivey and Patterson Hume.
- E23
Blood in the Balance
1962-07-19
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E24
Episode 24
1962-07-26
Examines 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