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The Nature of Things

Season 3

1963 · 24 episodes

Episodes

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    1. Episode 1

    6 Jan 1963

    Series consultant Lister Sinclair is host on season's opener on which he explains how scientists approach their work and how The Nature of Things will present scientific items.

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    2. Brainwashing

    13 Jan 1963

    British psychaitrist Dr William Sargeant discusses and illustrates various brainwashing techniques such as weakening of mind.

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    3. Tubes To Transistors

    20 Jan 1963

    Hosts Dr Patterson Hume and Dr Donald Ivey of University of Toronto talk about electronics age brought about by vacuum tube and transistor.

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    4. From Water To Land

    27 Jan 1963

    Palaeontologist Dr Alfred S. Romer of Harvard University explains evolution of lungs, legs, and a new kind of egg in aquatic creatures.

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    5. Chemistry Of Salt

    3 Feb 1963

    Dr Fred H. Knelman of Montreal, talks about sources and chemistry of salt and industrial applications of salt and its components.

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    6. Ear Operation

    10 Feb 1963

    Film of an ear operation from BBC series YOUR LIFE IN THEIR HANDS, with commentary by Dr Hugh Barber, Toronto ear specialist.

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    7. The Way The Ball Bounces

    17 Feb 1963

    Professors Donald Ivey and Patterson Hume demonstrate principles behind bounce in a rubber ball.

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    8. Lie Detectors

    24 Feb 1963

    This program examines autonomic nervous system, how it works, and what it can reveal.

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    9. Smoking And Lung Cancer

    3 Mar 1963

    In cooperation with National Cancer Institute and Canadian Cancer Society, today's show explores results of years of lung-cancer research in Britain and North America.

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    10. Science Museum

    10 Mar 1963

    To commemorate the Canadian Centennial in 1967 it has been proposed that Canada build a national museum of science. The program includes filmed demonstrations of how science and technology can be made meaningful to the general public.

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    11. Tornadoes

    24 Mar 1963

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    12. The Descent of Man

    31 Mar 1963

    Recent fossil discoveries in Africa have shed new light on the ancestry and evolution of man. Guest Dr. L.S.B. Leakey, renowned British anthropologist and paleontologist, unearthed fossil remains in the Olduvai Gorge that have extended the time scale of human evolution from 500,000 to two million years or more. A deductive story in anthropology and paleontology is told as Dr. Leakey describes his finds and interprets their significance

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    13. Isaac Newton

    7 Apr 1963

    Series consultant Lister Sinclair pays tribute to Sir Isaac Newton. The program attempts to capture the spirit of the time through the words of Newton himself and those of his contemporaries

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    14. New Atoms For Old

    14 Apr 1963

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    15. Car Crashes

    21 Apr 1963

    What happens in a car crash - to car and to its occupants? What causes a crash?

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    16. Bird Migration

    5 May 1963

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    17. Fact & Fiction

    12 May 1963

    Hosts Dr Donald Ivey and Dr Patterson Hume of University of Toronto, contrast observation to synthesis.

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    18. Code of Life

    19 May 1963

    Dr Louis Siminovitch, Professor of Medical Biophysics at University of Toronto, discusses what is currently known about heredity.

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    19. The Chemistry Of Bread

    26 May 1963

    Baking bread may be a familiar process, but it is by no means a simple one. A very great number of fundamental chemical actions are demonstrated in baking of one loaf of bread

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    20. The Infra-Red

    2 Jun 1963

    Detection of heatwaves by Special infra-red receptors has many industrial, military and other uses.

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    21. Human Overpopulation

    9 Jun 1963

    In aftermath of industrial revolution, with scientific advances offsetting human control, human species has experienced an increase so explosive that grave doubts are now held about future food supply.

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    22. Mars

    16 Jun 1963

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    23. Spiders

    23 Jun 1963

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    24. Hypnosis

    30 Jun 1963

The Nature of Things Season 3: quick answers

How many episodes are in The Nature of Things Season 3?

Season 3 of The Nature of Things has 24 episodes.

When did The Nature of Things Season 3 come out?

Season 3 premiered on 6 Jan 1963.

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