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The Nature of Things - Season 2

Episode List

Looking Ahead
E1 - Looking Ahead

Aired: January 04, 1962

Photography in Science
E2 - Photography in Science

Aired: January 11, 1962

To Educate a Scientist
E3 - To Educate a Scientist

Aired: January 18, 1962

The Situation Is Fluid
E4 - The Situation Is Fluid

Aired: January 25, 1962

Gallstones
E5 - Gallstones

Aired: February 01, 1962

The Upper Mantle Project
E6 - The Upper Mantle Project

Aired: February 08, 1962

The Physics of Music
E7 - The Physics of Music

Aired: February 22, 1962

Survival
E8 - Survival

Aired: March 01, 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.

Man and the Moon
E9 - Man and the Moon

Aired: March 08, 1962

Hibernating Molecules
E10 - Hibernating Molecules

Aired: 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.

Monkey Curiosity
E11 - Monkey Curiosity

Aired: March 29, 1962

Spermatozoa
E12 - Spermatozoa

Aired: April 05, 1962

Lord Rothschild of the University of Cambridge describes the results of his research in the field of spermatozoa

Animals With Feathers
E13 - Animals With Feathers

Aired: 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

Getting the Upper Hand
E14 - Getting the Upper Hand

Aired: April 26, 1962

Thinking about Math
E15 - Thinking about Math

Aired: May 03, 1962

Host Lister Sinclair discusses the thinking that goes into the science of mathematics. Using animated film and studio demonstrations, he explains Mathematical logic

The Plague
E16 - The Plague

Aired: May 10, 1962

Instant Heat
E17 - Instant Heat

Aired: 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.

A Science Newsreel
E18 - A Science Newsreel

Aired: May 24, 1962

Learning
E19 - Learning

Aired: June 07, 1962

A Bang-Up Job
E20 - A Bang-Up Job

Aired: June 21, 1962

Out of Africa
E21 - Out of Africa

Aired: June 28, 1962

Count on Me
E22 - Count on Me

Aired: July 05, 1962

Computers are given the once-over by Drs. Donald Ivey and Patterson Hume.

Blood in the Balance
E23 - Blood in the Balance

Aired: July 19, 1962

Episode 24
E24 - Episode 24

Aired: 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