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The Nature of Things

Season 4

1964 · 11 episodes

Episodes

  1. 1

    1. Einstein, Man & Mathematician

    5 May 1964

    An examination of personality and achievement of Albert Einstein. Dr Jacob Bronowski of Salk Institute for Advanced Biological Studies at La Jolla, California.

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    2. About The Size Of It

    12 May 1964

    Scientist and broadcaster William Whitehead and Dr WE Swinton, Director of Royal Ontario Museum discuss how size differences in animal kingdom are result of their environment and their habits.

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    3. Standards For Comparison

    19 May 1964

    Universal standards of measurements are explained in laymen's terms by Dr Patterson Hume and Dr Donald Ivey of University of Toronto.

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    4. Excursion Into Hell

    26 May 1964

    Centuries ago, people in warmer parts of earth believed a dread disease was contracted from unhealthy air generated in swamps.

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    5. Surgery For Parkinson'S Disease

    2 Jun 1964

    This program shows surgical techniques used in a new treatment for Parkinson's Disease.

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    6. Science In Sports

    9 Jun 1964

    Host Lister Sinclair and guest Lloyd Percival, sports authority, discuss and demonstrate how various sporting activities can now be precisely measured and how they can thus be improved.

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    7. Lasers

    30 Jun 1964

    Dr Patterson Hume and Dr Donald Ivey explain recent developments of laser beam since 1960, how it works, and its potential uses in medicine, war and communications.

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    8. Blood, Sea And Tears

    7 Jul 1964

    Man still carries around in him an isolated pool of early Palaeozoic ocean that fed his plankton ancestors.

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    9. Cartography

    14 Jul 1964

    Host and writer Lister Sinclair talks about map projection, and problems of taking a spherical object, earth.

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    10. The World Of Water

    21 Jul 1964

    In this program Donald Crowdis, Director of Nova Scotia Museum of Science, talks about water.

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    11. Immunology

    28 Jul 1964

    In this program Donald Crowdis, Director of Nova Scotia Museum of Science, talks about transplants and new study of immunology.

The Nature of Things Season 4: quick answers

How many episodes are in The Nature of Things Season 4?

Season 4 of The Nature of Things has 11 episodes.

When did The Nature of Things Season 4 come out?

Season 4 premiered on 5 May 1964.

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