Season 3
24 episodes · Jan 6, 1963
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- S3E1
Episode 1
Jan 6, 1963Series consultant Lister Sinclair is host on season's opener on which he explains how scientists approach their work and how The Nature of Things will present scientific items.
- S3E2
Brainwashing
Jan 13, 1963British psychaitrist Dr William Sargeant discusses and illustrates various brainwashing techniques such as weakening of mind.
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Tubes To Transistors
Jan 20, 1963Hosts Dr Patterson Hume and Dr Donald Ivey of University of Toronto talk about electronics age brought about by vacuum tube and transistor.
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From Water To Land
Jan 27, 1963Palaeontologist Dr Alfred S. Romer of Harvard University explains evolution of lungs, legs, and a new kind of egg in aquatic creatures.
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Chemistry Of Salt
Feb 3, 1963Dr Fred H. Knelman of Montreal, talks about sources and chemistry of salt and industrial applications of salt and its components.
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Ear Operation
Feb 10, 1963Film of an ear operation from BBC series YOUR LIFE IN THEIR HANDS, with commentary by Dr Hugh Barber, Toronto ear specialist.
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The Way The Ball Bounces
Feb 17, 1963Professors Donald Ivey and Patterson Hume demonstrate principles behind bounce in a rubber ball.
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Lie Detectors
Feb 24, 1963This program examines autonomic nervous system, how it works, and what it can reveal.
- S3E9
Smoking And Lung Cancer
Mar 3, 1963In cooperation with National Cancer Institute and Canadian Cancer Society, today's show explores results of years of lung-cancer research in Britain and North America.
- S3E10
Science Museum
Mar 10, 1963To commemorate the Canadian Centennial in 1967 it has been proposed that Canada build a national museum of science. The program includes filmed demonstrations of how science and technology can be made meaningful to the general public.
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The Descent of Man
Mar 31, 1963Recent fossil discoveries in Africa have shed new light on the ancestry and evolution of man. Guest Dr. L.S.B. Leakey, renowned British anthropologist and paleontologist, unearthed fossil remains in the Olduvai Gorge that have extended the time scale of human evolution from 500,000 to two million years or more. A deductive story in anthropology and paleontology is told as Dr. Leakey describes his finds and interprets their significance
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Isaac Newton
Apr 7, 1963Series consultant Lister Sinclair pays tribute to Sir Isaac Newton. The program attempts to capture the spirit of the time through the words of Newton himself and those of his contemporaries
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Car Crashes
Apr 21, 1963What happens in a car crash - to car and to its occupants? What causes a crash?
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Fact & Fiction
May 12, 1963Hosts Dr Donald Ivey and Dr Patterson Hume of University of Toronto, contrast observation to synthesis.
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Code of Life
May 19, 1963Dr Louis Siminovitch, Professor of Medical Biophysics at University of Toronto, discusses what is currently known about heredity.
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The Chemistry Of Bread
May 26, 1963Baking bread may be a familiar process, but it is by no means a simple one. A very great number of fundamental chemical actions are demonstrated in baking of one loaf of bread
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The Infra-Red
Jun 2, 1963Detection of heatwaves by Special infra-red receptors has many industrial, military and other uses.
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Human Overpopulation
Jun 9, 1963In aftermath of industrial revolution, with scientific advances offsetting human control, human species has experienced an increase so explosive that grave doubts are now held about future food supply.