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The Nature of Things

The Nature of Things - Season 2 (1962)

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Season 2 Episodes

1. Looking Ahead

January 4th, 1962

2. Photography in Science

January 11th, 1962

3. To Educate a Scientist

January 18th, 1962

4. The Situation Is Fluid

January 25th, 1962

5. Gallstones

February 1st, 1962

6. The Upper Mantle Project

February 8th, 1962

7. The Physics of Music

February 22nd, 1962

8. Survival

March 1st, 1962

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.

9. Man and the Moon

March 8th, 1962

10. Hibernating Molecules

March 15th, 1962

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.

11. Monkey Curiosity

March 29th, 1962

12. Spermatozoa

April 5th, 1962

Lord Rothschild of the University of Cambridge describes the results of his research in the field of spermatozoa

13. Animals With Feathers

April 12th, 1962

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

14. Getting the Upper Hand

April 26th, 1962

15. Thinking about Math

May 3rd, 1962

Host Lister Sinclair discusses the thinking that goes into the science of mathematics. Using animated film and studio demonstrations, he explains Mathematical logic

16. The Plague

May 10th, 1962

17. Instant Heat

May 17th, 1962

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.

18. A Science Newsreel

May 24th, 1962

19. Learning

June 7th, 1962

20. A Bang-Up Job

June 21st, 1962

21. Out of Africa

June 28th, 1962

22. Count on Me

July 5th, 1962

Computers are given the once-over by Drs. Donald Ivey and Patterson Hume.

23. Blood in the Balance

July 19th, 1962

24. Episode 24

July 26th, 1962

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

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