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All Episodes of The Nature of Things

The Nature of Things is a Canadian television series of documentary programs. It debuted on CBC Television on November 6, 1960. Many of the programs...
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Season 1

  • Why Is It So?
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    Why Is It So?

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 11/6/1960

    No description available

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • The Roar of the Crowd
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    The Roar of the Crowd

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/13/1960

    Study of brain cells, how research has helped the understanding of learning and memory. Filmed at the Montreal Neurological Institute, with Dr. Wilder Penfield and Dr. Herbert Jasper

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • The Future of Science
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    The Future of Science

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/20/1960

    Professor Donald Ivey probes the attitudes and working habits of scientists

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Schizophrenia
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    Schizophrenia

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/27/1960

    No description available

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Engineering
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    Engineering

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 12/4/1960

    No description available

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Man as an Environment
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    Man as an Environment

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 12/11/1960

    No description available

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Science Fiction
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    Science Fiction

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 12/18/1960

    No description available

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • A special Christmas edition
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    A special Christmas edition

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 12/25/1960

    No description available

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • The Aurora-Borealis
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    The Aurora-Borealis

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 1/1/1961

    No description available

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Man as an Environment – Human Body
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    Man as an Environment – Human Body

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 1/8/1961

    No description available

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Kept Alive
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    Kept Alive

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 1/15/1961

    No description available

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Physics and Games – Laws of Probability
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    Physics and Games – Laws of Probability

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/22/1961

    No description available

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • The Face of the Moon
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    The Face of the Moon

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/29/1961

    No description available

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Hibernation
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    Hibernation

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 2/5/1961

    No description available

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Man and His Environment
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    Man and His Environment

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 2/12/1961

    No description available

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Eclipse
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    Eclipse

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 2/19/1961

    No description available

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Animal Communication
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    Animal Communication

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/26/1961

    No description available

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • The Speed of Light
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    The Speed of Light

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 3/5/1961

    No description available

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Monotony
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    Monotony

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 3/12/1961

    Dr. John Zubec of the University of Manitoba explains his experiments and studies on boredom and its effects on the human mind

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • The Chemical Senses
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    The Chemical Senses

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 3/19/1961

    No description available

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • The Mohole: Earth's Crust
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    The Mohole: Earth's Crust

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 4/2/1961

    No description available

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Laws of Conservation
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    Laws of Conservation

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 4/16/1961

    No description available

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Photosynthesis
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    Photosynthesis

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 4/23/1961

    No description available

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Physics of Clouds
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    Physics of Clouds

    Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 4/30/1961

    No description available

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • The Sources of Science
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    The Sources of Science

    Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 5/7/1961

    No description available

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown