The Nature of Things
The Nature of Things
TV ShowReturning Series

The Nature of Things

7.1 / 10
1960
64 seasons
617 episodes
Documentary

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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Seasons

  • Ep 1

    1.Why Is It So?

    06-11-1960
  • Ep 2

    2.The Roar of the Crowd

    13-11-1960

    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 Jasp...

  • Ep 3

    3.The Future of Science

    20-11-1960

    Professor Donald Ivey probes the attitudes and working habits of scientists

  • Ep 4

    4.Schizophrenia

    27-11-1960
  • Ep 5

    5.Engineering

    04-12-1960
  • Ep 6

    6.Man as an Environment

    11-12-1960
  • Ep 7

    7.Science Fiction

    18-12-1960
  • Ep 8

    8.A special Christmas edition

    25-12-1960
  • Ep 9

    9.The Aurora-Borealis

    01-01-1961
  • Ep 10

    10.Man as an Environment – Human Body

    08-01-1961
  • Ep 11

    11.Kept Alive

    15-01-1961
  • Ep 12

    12.Physics and Games – Laws of Probability

    22-01-1961
  • Ep 13

    13.The Face of the Moon

    29-01-1961
  • Ep 14

    14.Hibernation

    05-02-1961
  • Ep 15

    15.Man and His Environment

    12-02-1961
  • Ep 16

    16.Eclipse

    19-02-1961
  • Ep 17

    17.Animal Communication

    26-02-1961
  • Ep 18

    18.The Speed of Light

    05-03-1961
  • Ep 19

    19.Monotony

    12-03-1961

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

  • Ep 20

    20.The Chemical Senses

    19-03-1961
  • Ep 21

    21.The Mohole: Earth's Crust

    02-04-1961
  • Ep 22

    22.Laws of Conservation

    16-04-1961
  • Ep 23

    23.Photosynthesis

    23-04-1961
  • Ep 24

    24.Physics of Clouds

    30-04-1961
  • Ep 25

    25.The Sources of Science

    07-05-1961

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