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The Nature of Things

Year: 1960
Seasons: 64
Type: TV Series
Genre: Documentary

Overview

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 NātÅĢrā" — On the Nature of Things.

Episodes

EP 1
EP 1 Why Is It So?
EP 2
EP 2 The Roar of the Crowd
EP 3
EP 3 The Future of Science
EP 4
EP 4 Schizophrenia
EP 5
EP 5 Engineering
EP 6
EP 6 Man as an Environment
EP 7
EP 7 Science Fiction
EP 8
EP 8 A special Christmas edition
EP 9
EP 9 The Aurora-Borealis
EP 10
EP 10 Man as an Environment – Human Body
EP 11
EP 11 Kept Alive
EP 12
EP 12 Physics and Games – Laws of Probability
EP 13
EP 13 The Face of the Moon
EP 14
EP 14 Hibernation
EP 15
EP 15 Man and His Environment
EP 16
EP 16 Eclipse
EP 17
EP 17 Animal Communication
EP 18
EP 18 The Speed of Light
EP 19
EP 19 Monotony
EP 20
EP 20 The Chemical Senses
EP 21
EP 21 The Mohole: Earth's Crust
EP 22
EP 22 Laws of Conservation
EP 23
EP 23 Photosynthesis
EP 24
EP 24 Physics of Clouds
EP 25
EP 25 The Sources of Science

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