The Nature of Things

Season 7

1966 · 17 episodes

Episodes

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   1. The Sun

   20 Jun 1966

   An examination of sun from various points of view. Includes discussion with illustrative film footage of: archeological remains.

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   2. Natural History Of The Niagara Gorge

   27 Jun 1966

   The famous Niagara Falls had their origins at Queenston 12,000 years ago. Since then.

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   3. Air And Water Pollution

   4 Jul 1966

   This program explores serious problem of pollution, which results when more waste materials are poured into air and water than these elements have capacity to deal with.

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   4. The Battle Against Biting Insects

   11 Jul 1966

   An examination of some of most sophisticated methods of pest control such as: unbalancing insects' nutrition.

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   5. Air Conditioning - Natural And Man-Made

   18 Jul 1966

   This program considers many aspects of controlling human environment to regulate pressure, humidity, and temperature.

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   6. The Physics Of Sailing

   25 Jul 1966

   The scientific study of physics of sailing, is a fairly new field. This program looks at scientific efforts to understand why sailing ships do what they do.

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   7. Epidemics

   1 Aug 1966

   Not so many years ago, summer's warmth brought chilling fear of polio and typhus epidemics.

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   8. Summer Storms

   8 Aug 1966

   A look at activities of Stormy Weather Group, scientists at Montreal's McGill University and Macdonald College who study pheonomena of summer storms.

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   9. Fishing And The Splake

   15 Aug 1966

   Science is developing new and better fish, splake for instance, a product of cross-breeding of lake.

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    10. The Value Of Our Parks

    22 Aug 1966

    This program examines Canada's great national parks and their ecological importance in maintaining habitats vital to various plants and animals.

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    11. Forest And Fires

    29 Aug 1966

    This program deals with forest succession. Scientists have recently learned a great deal about way.

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    12. Water On The Level

    5 Sept 1966

    There has been great alarm recently over declining level of water in bodies of water as enormous as Great Lakes.

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    13. Galapagos: Darwin

    4 Sept 1966

    First episode of a five-part series on Galapagos islands. This looks at life and work of Charles Darwin.

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    14. Galapagos: The Islands

    11 Sept 1966

    A survey of animal and plant life of Galapagos archipelago including: a look at geological origins of islands.

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    15. Galapagos: New Beings

    18 Sept 1966

    An exploration of scientific phenomenon known as "adaptive radiation", way in which a small founding group of a plant or animal species can give rise to a number of new species

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    16. Galapagos: Ways Of Survival

    25 Sept 1966

    Apart from their external appearance, animals go through behavioural and physiological changes to adapt themselves to different environments: for example.

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    17. Galapagos: Living Laboratory

    2 Oct 1966

    This final program in series looks at some of endangered species in Galapagos islands, and at impact of human settlement on native creatures.