The Nature of Things
1960 · Documentary · 64 Seasons · 680 Episodes ·
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. The program was one of the first to explore environmental issues, such as clear-cut logging. The series is named after an epic poem by Roman philosopher Lucretius: "Dē Rērum Nātūrā" — On the Nature of Things.
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E11. Why Is It So?E22. The Roar of the CrowdStudy 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 JasperE33. The Future of ScienceProfessor Donald Ivey probes the attitudes and working habits of scientistsE44. SchizophreniaE55. EngineeringE66. Man as an EnvironmentE77. Science FictionE88. A special Christmas editionE99. The Aurora-BorealisE1010. Man as an Environment – Human BodyE1111. Kept AliveE1212. Physics and Games – Laws of ProbabilityE1313. The Face of the MoonE1414. HibernationE1515. Man and His EnvironmentE1616. EclipseE1717. Animal CommunicationE1818. The Speed of LightE1919. MonotonyDr. John Zubec of the University of Manitoba explains his experiments and studies on boredom and its effects on the human mindE2020. The Chemical SensesE2121. The Mohole: Earth's CrustE2222. Laws of ConservationE2323. PhotosynthesisE2424. Physics of CloudsE2525. The Sources of Science
