Episodes
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1. Thomas Edison
26 Sept 1968
Thomas Edison wasn't merely a lone inventful genius. He invented modern research team makes possible technology shaping our world.
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2. Human Engineering
3 Oct 1968
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3. Materials
10 Oct 1968
A review of history of man's oldest materials: wood, stone, iron, bronze and glass.
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4. Structure
7 Nov 1968
Defying force of gravity, man has strewn his structures across earth. This program looks at some of them.
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5. Communications
14 Nov 1968
Much of this program deals with basic communications problem of getting a signal through noise.
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6. Canals And Tunnels
21 Nov 1968
The great engineers of past - men like DE Lesseps of Suez fame and Panama infamy and Bradley - whose canals were arteries of industrial revolution, sacrificed health and fortune, and sometimes lives.
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7. Central Power
28 Nov 1968
One test of civilization is ability to organize sources of energy. Central power was something new in 1876.
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8. Man And Machines
5 Dec 1968
The Greek inventor, Alexander Hero, first defined five basic devices which make all machines possible: lever, wedge, wheel, pulley and screw.
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9. Land And Water
12 Dec 1968
This program shows how man changes his environment by shaping land he lives on, reclaiming land from sea, making new lakes and rivers.
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10. Man Aloft
19 Dec 1968
This film looks, sometimes whimsically, at examples of old and modern flying machines.
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11. Portable Power
26 Dec 1968
Man's first "portable power" device was part of his own body, energy from contraction of long molecules in presence of sugar: muscle power.
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12. Machines And Man: Transportation
2 Jan 1969
Are problems of urban transportation insurmountable? The traffic jams which are a regular feature of city life make it appear so.
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13. Machine And Man: Systems Engineering
9 Jan 1969
A system, according to Oxford dictionary, is a whole composed of parts in orderly arrangement, according to some scheme or plan.
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14. Audubon
18 Mar 1969
A study of life and work of Jean Jacques Audubon, great painter-naturalist who captured beauty of American wildlife on canvas.
The Nature of Things Season 9: quick answers
How many episodes are in The Nature of Things Season 9?
Season 9 of The Nature of Things has 14 episodes.
When did The Nature of Things Season 9 come out?
Season 9 premiered on 26 Sept 1968.