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The Best Episodes of The Nature of Things Season 9

Every episode of The Nature of Things Season 9 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Nature of Things Season 9!

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 9 Episode 1 - Thomas Edison
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    #1 - Thomas Edison

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    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. The Nature of Things Season 9 Episode 2 - Human Engineering
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    #2 - Human Engineering

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  3. The Nature of Things Season 9 Episode 3 - Materials
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    #3 - Materials

    S9:E3

    A review of history of man's oldest materials: wood, stone, iron, bronze and glass.

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  4. The Nature of Things Season 9 Episode 4 - Structure
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    #4 - Structure

    S9:E4

    Defying force of gravity, man has strewn his structures across earth. This program looks at some of them.

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  5. The Nature of Things Season 9 Episode 5 - Communications
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    #5 - Communications

    S9:E5

    Much of this program deals with basic communications problem of getting a signal through noise.

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  6. The Nature of Things Season 9 Episode 6 - Canals And Tunnels
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    #6 - Canals And Tunnels

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    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. The Nature of Things Season 9 Episode 7 - Central Power
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    #7 - Central Power

    S9:E7

    One test of civilization is ability to organize sources of energy. Central power was something new in 1876.

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  8. The Nature of Things Season 9 Episode 8 - Man And Machines
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    #8 - Man And Machines

    S9:E8

    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. The Nature of Things Season 9 Episode 9 - Land And Water
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    #9 - Land And Water

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    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. The Nature of Things Season 9 Episode 10 - Man Aloft
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    #10 - Man Aloft

    S9:E10

    This film looks, sometimes whimsically, at examples of old and modern flying machines.

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  11. The Nature of Things Season 9 Episode 11 - Portable Power
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    #11 - Portable Power

    S9:E11

    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. The Nature of Things Season 9 Episode 12 - Machines And Man: Transportation
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    #12 - Machines And Man: Transportation

    S9:E12

    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. The Nature of Things Season 9 Episode 13 - Machine And Man: Systems Engineering
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    #13 - Machine And Man: Systems Engineering

    S9:E13

    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. The Nature of Things Season 9 Episode 14 - Audubon
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    #14 - Audubon

    S9:E14

    A study of life and work of Jean Jacques Audubon, great painter-naturalist who captured beauty of American wildlife on canvas.

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Season 9 Ratings Summary

"Thomas Edison" is the best rated episode of "The Nature of Things" season 9. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/26/1968. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Human Engineering".