The Nature of Things
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 Nātūrā" — On the Nature of Things.
Episodes
S01E02 The Roar of the Crowd
Study 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 Jasper
S01E03 The Future of Science
Professor Donald Ivey probes the attitudes and working habits of scientists
S01E04 Schizophrenia
S01E05 Engineering
S01E06 Man as an Environment
S01E07 Science Fiction
S01E08 A special Christmas edition
S01E09 The Aurora-Borealis
S01E10 Man as an Environment – Human Body
S01E11 Kept Alive
S01E12 Physics and Games – Laws of Probability
S01E13 The Face of the Moon
S01E14 Hibernation
S01E15 Man and His Environment
S01E16 Eclipse
S01E17 Animal Communication
S01E18 The Speed of Light
S01E19 Monotony
Dr. John Zubec of the University of Manitoba explains his experiments and studies on boredom and its effects on the human mind
