The Nature of Things
Season 2
1962 • 24 Episodes
Episodes
1. Looking Ahead
January 4, 1962
No overview available.
2. Photography in Science
January 11, 1962
No overview available.
3. To Educate a Scientist
January 18, 1962
No overview available.
4. The Situation Is Fluid
January 25, 1962
No overview available.
5. Gallstones
February 1, 1962
No overview available.
6. The Upper Mantle Project
February 8, 1962
No overview available.
7. The Physics of Music
February 22, 1962
No overview available.
8. Survival
March 1, 1962
An appraisal of the probable effects of a large-scale nuclear blast over a North American city. Dr. Tom Stonier of the Rockefeller Institute of Government discusses what can be expected to happen to people and property as a result of such a blast.
9. Man and the Moon
March 8, 1962
No overview available.
10. Hibernating Molecules
March 15, 1962
Hosts Dr. Donald Ivey and Dr. Patterson Hume talk about conditions at extremely cold temperatures, when matter 'hibernates' and molecular action slows almost to a complete stop, and how this allows physicists to study the basic structure of matter.
11. Monkey Curiosity
March 29, 1962
No overview available.
12. Spermatozoa
April 5, 1962
Lord Rothschild of the University of Cambridge describes the results of his research in the field of spermatozoa
13. Animals With Feathers
April 12, 1962
Dr. William Swinton, head of the Royal Ontario Museum's Life Sciences Department, and John Livingston, executive director of the National Audubon Society, trace the history of birds
14. Getting the Upper Hand
April 26, 1962
No overview available.
15. Thinking about Math
May 3, 1962
Host Lister Sinclair discusses the thinking that goes into the science of mathematics. Using animated film and studio demonstrations, he explains Mathematical logic
16. The Plague
May 10, 1962
No overview available.
17. Instant Heat
May 17, 1962
Co-hosted by Drs. Patterson Hume and Donald Ivey, of the University of Toronto. They show how electricity can be produced directly from heat, and vice versa, and discuss the difficulties of transforming thermal energy into electrical energy.
18. A Science Newsreel
May 24, 1962
No overview available.
19. Learning
June 7, 1962
No overview available.
20. A Bang-Up Job
June 21, 1962
No overview available.
21. Out of Africa
June 28, 1962
No overview available.
22. Count on Me
July 5, 1962
Computers are given the once-over by Drs. Donald Ivey and Patterson Hume.
23. Blood in the Balance
July 19, 1962
No overview available.
24. Episode 24
July 26, 1962
Examines work of Dr. William Sheldon, who has spent 30 years gathering statistics about the human physique, classifying body types, and correlating this information to medical and psychiatric studies