The Nature of Things

Season 2

1962 · 24 episodes

Episodes

1. 1

   1. Looking Ahead

   4 Jan 1962

2. 2

   2. Photography in Science

   11 Jan 1962

3. 3

   3. To Educate a Scientist

   18 Jan 1962

4. 4

   4. The Situation Is Fluid

   25 Jan 1962

5. 5

   5. Gallstones

   1 Feb 1962

6. 6

   6. The Upper Mantle Project

   8 Feb 1962

7. 7

   7. The Physics of Music

   22 Feb 1962

8. 8

   8. Survival

   1 Mar 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. 9

   9. Man and the Moon

   8 Mar 1962

10. 10

    10. Hibernating Molecules

    15 Mar 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. 11

    11. Monkey Curiosity

    29 Mar 1962

12. 12

    12. Spermatozoa

    5 Apr 1962

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

13. 13

    13. Animals With Feathers

    12 Apr 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. 14

    14. Getting the Upper Hand

    26 Apr 1962

15. 15

    15. Thinking about Math

    3 May 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. 16

    16. The Plague

    10 May 1962

17. 17

    17. Instant Heat

    17 May 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. 18

    18. A Science Newsreel

    24 May 1962

19. 19

    19. Learning

    7 Jun 1962

20. 20

    20. A Bang-Up Job

    21 Jun 1962

21. 21

    21. Out of Africa

    28 Jun 1962

22. 22

    22. Count on Me

    5 Jul 1962

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

23. 23

    23. Blood in the Balance

    19 Jul 1962

24. 24

    24. Episode 24

    26 Jul 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