Horizon

1964

1964 · 9 episodes · 9h 0m in all

Episodes

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   1. The World of Buckminster Fuller

   4 Feb 1964 · 60 min

   Horizon follows the work of R. Buckminster Fuller and his research of the geodesic dome.

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   2. Pesticides and Posterity

   30 May 1964 · 60 min

   Dr. Frank Darling and Dr. Eric Edson discuss different environmental priorities.

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   3. A Candle to Nature

   27 Jun 1964 · 60 min

   A reconstruction of a Michael Faraday lecture last given in December 1860.

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   4. Strangeness Minus Three

   25 Jul 1964 · 60 min

   Horizon explores the findings of physicists at Brookhaven, Long Island, New York. Who, after two years and thousands of photographs, have identified a predicted new particle which has a unique characteristic: 'strangeness minus three'.

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   5. The Air of Science

   22 Aug 1964 · 60 min

   Horizon looks at the work of the National Institute for Medical Research.

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   6. The Knowledge Explosion

   21 Sept 1964 · 60 min

   Prof. Arthur C. Clarke, Derek Price and Nigel Balchin discuss the past and future of science.

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   7. The Amateur Scientist

   19 Oct 1964 · 60 min

   The work of amateur scientists.

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   8. Tots and Quods and Woodgeries

   16 Nov 1964 · 60 min

   Horizon investigates the 'Tots and Quots' and the 'Woodgeries' two groups set up by scientists before the second world war to discuss the future of science and how it effects society.

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   9. Science, Toys and Magic

   14 Dec 1964 · 60 min

   Horizon takes a look at science in the spirit of Christmas.