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The Best Episodes of The Nature of Things Season 3

Every episode of The Nature of Things Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Nature of Things Season 3!

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 document nature and the effect that humans have on it.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Nature of Things Season 3 Episode 1 - Episode 1
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    #1 - Episode 1

    S3:E1

    Series consultant Lister Sinclair is host on season's opener on which he explains how scientists approach their work and how The Nature of Things will present scientific items.

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  2. The Nature of Things Season 3 Episode 2 - Brainwashing
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    #2 - Brainwashing

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    British psychaitrist Dr William Sargeant discusses and illustrates various brainwashing techniques such as weakening of mind.

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  3. The Nature of Things Season 3 Episode 3 - Tubes To Transistors
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    #3 - Tubes To Transistors

    S3:E3

    Hosts Dr Patterson Hume and Dr Donald Ivey of University of Toronto talk about electronics age brought about by vacuum tube and transistor.

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  4. The Nature of Things Season 3 Episode 4 - From Water To Land
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    #4 - From Water To Land

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    Palaeontologist Dr Alfred S. Romer of Harvard University explains evolution of lungs, legs, and a new kind of egg in aquatic creatures.

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  5. The Nature of Things Season 3 Episode 5 - Chemistry Of Salt
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    #5 - Chemistry Of Salt

    S3:E5

    Dr Fred H. Knelman of Montreal, talks about sources and chemistry of salt and industrial applications of salt and its components.

    Director:Unknown
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  6. The Nature of Things Season 3 Episode 6 - Ear Operation
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    #6 - Ear Operation

    S3:E6

    Film of an ear operation from BBC series YOUR LIFE IN THEIR HANDS, with commentary by Dr Hugh Barber, Toronto ear specialist.

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  7. The Nature of Things Season 3 Episode 7 - The Way The Ball Bounces
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    #7 - The Way The Ball Bounces

    S3:E7

    Professors Donald Ivey and Patterson Hume demonstrate principles behind bounce in a rubber ball.

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  8. The Nature of Things Season 3 Episode 8 - Lie Detectors
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    #8 - Lie Detectors

    S3:E8

    This program examines autonomic nervous system, how it works, and what it can reveal.

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  9. The Nature of Things Season 3 Episode 9 - Smoking And Lung Cancer
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    #9 - Smoking And Lung Cancer

    S3:E9

    In cooperation with National Cancer Institute and Canadian Cancer Society, today's show explores results of years of lung-cancer research in Britain and North America.

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  10. The Nature of Things Season 3 Episode 10 - Science Museum
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    #10 - Science Museum

    S3:E10

    To commemorate the Canadian Centennial in 1967 it has been proposed that Canada build a national museum of science. The program includes filmed demonstrations of how science and technology can be made meaningful to the general public.

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  11. The Nature of Things Season 3 Episode 11 - Tornadoes
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    #11 - Tornadoes

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  12. The Nature of Things Season 3 Episode 12 - The Descent of Man
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    #12 - The Descent of Man

    S3:E12

    Recent fossil discoveries in Africa have shed new light on the ancestry and evolution of man. Guest Dr. L.S.B. Leakey, renowned British anthropologist and paleontologist, unearthed fossil remains in the Olduvai Gorge that have extended the time scale of human evolution from 500,000 to two million years or more. A deductive story in anthropology and paleontology is told as Dr. Leakey describes his finds and interprets their significance

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  13. The Nature of Things Season 3 Episode 13 - Isaac Newton
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    #13 - Isaac Newton

    S3:E13

    Series consultant Lister Sinclair pays tribute to Sir Isaac Newton. The program attempts to capture the spirit of the time through the words of Newton himself and those of his contemporaries

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  14. The Nature of Things Season 3 Episode 14 - New Atoms For Old
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    #14 - New Atoms For Old

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  15. The Nature of Things Season 3 Episode 15 - Car Crashes
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    #15 - Car Crashes

    S3:E15

    What happens in a car crash - to car and to its occupants? What causes a crash?

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  16. The Nature of Things Season 3 Episode 16 - Bird Migration
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    #16 - Bird Migration

    S3:E16

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  17. The Nature of Things Season 3 Episode 17 - Fact & Fiction
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    #17 - Fact & Fiction

    S3:E17

    Hosts Dr Donald Ivey and Dr Patterson Hume of University of Toronto, contrast observation to synthesis.

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  18. The Nature of Things Season 3 Episode 18 - Code of Life
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    #18 - Code of Life

    S3:E18

    Dr Louis Siminovitch, Professor of Medical Biophysics at University of Toronto, discusses what is currently known about heredity.

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  19. The Nature of Things Season 3 Episode 19 - The Chemistry Of Bread
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    #19 - The Chemistry Of Bread

    S3:E19

    Baking bread may be a familiar process, but it is by no means a simple one. A very great number of fundamental chemical actions are demonstrated in baking of one loaf of bread

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  20. The Nature of Things Season 3 Episode 20 - The Infra-Red
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    #20 - The Infra-Red

    S3:E20

    Detection of heatwaves by Special infra-red receptors has many industrial, military and other uses.

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  21. The Nature of Things Season 3 Episode 21 - Human Overpopulation
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    #21 - Human Overpopulation

    S3:E21

    In aftermath of industrial revolution, with scientific advances offsetting human control, human species has experienced an increase so explosive that grave doubts are now held about future food supply.

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  22. The Nature of Things Season 3 Episode 22 - Mars
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    #22 - Mars

    S3:E22

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  23. The Nature of Things Season 3 Episode 23 - Spiders
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    #23 - Spiders

    S3:E23

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  24. The Nature of Things Season 3 Episode 24 - Hypnosis
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    #24 - Hypnosis

    S3:E24

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Episode 1" is the best rated episode of "The Nature of Things" season 3. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/6/1963. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Brainwashing".