The Nature of Things
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
13-11-1960Study 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
20-11-1960Professor 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
12-03-1961Dr. 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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