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Series consultant Lister Sinclair is host on the season's opener on which he explains how scientists approach their work and how The Nature of Things will present scientific items during its 26-week run.
Series consultant Lister Sinclair is host on the season's opener on which he explains how scientists approach their work and how The Nature of Things will present scientific items during its 26-week run.
British psychaitrist Dr. William Sargeant discusses and illustrates various brainwashing techniques such as weakening of the mind, changing patterns of behaviour, breakdown and religious cults.
British psychaitrist Dr. William Sargeant discusses and illustrates various brainwashing techniques such as weakening of the mind, changing patterns of behaviour, breakdown and religious cults.
Hosts Dr. Patterson Hume and Dr. Donald Ivey of the University of Toronto talk about the electronics age brought about by the vacuum tube and the transistor.
Hosts Dr. Patterson Hume and Dr. Donald Ivey of the University of Toronto talk about the electronics age brought about by the vacuum tube and the transistor.
Palaeontologist Dr. Alfred S. Romer of Harvard University explains the evolution of lungs, legs, and a new kind of egg in aquatic creatures.
Palaeontologist Dr. Alfred S. Romer of Harvard University explains the evolution of lungs, legs, and a new kind of egg in aquatic creatures.
Dr. Fred H. Knelman of Montreal, talks about the sources and chemistry of salt and the industrial applications of salt and its components.
Dr. Fred H. Knelman of Montreal, talks about the sources and chemistry of salt and the industrial applications of salt and its components.
Film of an ear operation from the BBC series YOUR LIFE IN THEIR HANDS, with commentary by Dr. Hugh Barber, Toronto ear specialist. This operation is observed through the surgeon's
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Film of an ear operation from the BBC series YOUR LIFE IN THEIR HANDS, with commentary by Dr. Hugh Barber, Toronto ear specialist. This operation is observed through the surgeon's microscope and is carried out with tiny instruments no larger than needles.
Professors Donald Ivey and Patterson Hume demonstrate the principles behind the bounce in a rubber ball, and discuss elasticity by comparing rubber and steel.
Professors Donald Ivey and Patterson Hume demonstrate the principles behind the bounce in a rubber ball, and discuss elasticity by comparing rubber and steel.
This program examines the autonomic nervous system, how it works, and what it can reveal. Dr. John Rich, a psychiatrist with Toronto and Queen's Universities is host. In police
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This program examines the autonomic nervous system, how it works, and what it can reveal. Dr. John Rich, a psychiatrist with Toronto and Queen's Universities is host. In police interrogations and other situations, many methods are used to determine if a subject is lying. One the more efficient methods is the monitoring of the autonomous nervous system. Under certain types of stress, respiration, perspiration, circulation and many other functions are affected.
In cooperation with the National Cancer Institute and the Canadian Cancer Society, today's show explores the results of years of lung-cancer research in Britain and North America. Host
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In cooperation with the National Cancer Institute and the Canadian Cancer Society, today's show explores the results of years of lung-cancer research in Britain and North America. Host Lister Sinclair interviews Dr. A.G. Phillips of the National Cancer Institute and Dr. Norman C. Delarue of Toronto General Hospital.
A report on the need for a Canadian science museum. Host Lister Sinclair visits the Deutsches Science Museum in Munich and the science section of the British Museum. Includes filmed
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A report on the need for a Canadian science museum. Host Lister Sinclair visits the Deutsches Science Museum in Munich and the science section of the British Museum. Includes filmed demonstrations of how science and technology can be made meaningful to the general public.
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Recent fossil discoveries in Africa have shed new light on the ancestry and evolution of man. In the Olduvai Gorge, Kenya, Dr. L.S.B. Leakey, renowned British anthropologist and
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Recent fossil discoveries in Africa have shed new light on the ancestry and evolution of man. In the Olduvai Gorge, Kenya, Dr. L.S.B. Leakey, renowned British anthropologist and paleontologist and a guest on this program, has unearthed fossil remains 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.
Lister Sinclair pays tribute to Isaac Newton. The program attempts to capture the spirit of the time through the words of Newton himself and some of his contemporaries.
Lister Sinclair pays tribute to Isaac Newton. The program attempts to capture the spirit of the time through the words of Newton himself and some of his contemporaries.
Drs. Patterson Hume and Donald Ivey of the University of Toronto explain the value of atoms and the care needed in handling them because of their radio-active properties.
Drs. Patterson Hume and Donald Ivey of the University of Toronto explain the value of atoms and the care needed in handling them because of their radio-active properties.
What happens in a car crash - to the car and to its occupants? What causes a crash? Can personality characteristics contribute to car accidents? Canadian writer Rita Greer Allen, who
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What happens in a car crash - to the car and to its occupants? What causes a crash? Can personality characteristics contribute to car accidents? Canadian writer Rita Greer Allen, who last year sustained a broken neck in a car crash, explores the physics and psychology of car crashes with Dr. John Rich, a psychiatrist with Toronto and Queen's Universities.
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In this program the origins and patterns of bird migration, and the latest theories of bird orientation and navigation, are discussed with Dr. William W.H. Gunn of the Federation of Ontario Naturalists.
In this program the origins and patterns of bird migration, and the latest theories of bird orientation and navigation, are discussed with Dr. William W.H. Gunn of the Federation of Ontario Naturalists.
Hosts Dr. Donald Ivey and Dr. Patterson Hume of the University of Toronto, contrast observation to synthesis, and compare the scientific experimenter with the scientific theoretician.
Hosts Dr. Donald Ivey and Dr. Patterson Hume of the University of Toronto, contrast observation to synthesis, and compare the scientific experimenter with the scientific theoretician.
Dr. Louis Siminovitch, Professor of Medical Biophysics at the University of Toronto, discusses what is currently known about heredity, particularly recent study and research on the
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Dr. Louis Siminovitch, Professor of Medical Biophysics at the University of Toronto, discusses what is currently known about heredity, particularly recent study and research on the ultimate units of heredity, material called DNA. Dr. Gordon F. Whitmore, Associate Professor of Medical Biophysics at the University of Toronto, and member of the Physics Division of the Ontario Cancer Insitute is also a guest.
Baking 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 the baking of one loaf of bread. On
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Baking 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 the baking of one loaf of bread. On today's program Dr. Fred H. Knelman of Montreal looks at bread-baking from the chemist's point of view, using illustrations ranging from stone ovens to production lines.
Detection of heatwaves by Special infra-red receptors has many industrial, military and other uses. In the animal kingdom, pit vipers (rattle-snakes and others) locate their prey by
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Detection of heatwaves by Special infra-red receptors has many industrial, military and other uses. In the animal kingdom, pit vipers (rattle-snakes and others) locate their prey by means of heat-sensitive organs. Dr. Harry Pullan of the R.C.A. research laboratories, Montreal, describes the properties of the infra-red and demonstrates technological applications.
In the aftermath of the industrial revolution, with scientific advances offsetting human control, the human species has experienced an increase so explosive that grave doubts are now
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In the aftermath of the industrial revolution, with scientific advances offsetting human control, the human species has experienced an increase so explosive that grave doubts are now held about the future food supply. Sir Julian Huxley and Sir Charles Darwin were interviewed in England about this aspect of human biology which most scientists regard as the most critical problem of our time.
Lister Sinclair talks to leading scientists about Mars and plans for observing the planet from close range: Dr. Albert G. Wilson, a former director of the Lowell Observatory, now with
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Lister Sinclair talks to leading scientists about Mars and plans for observing the planet from close range: Dr. Albert G. Wilson, a former director of the Lowell Observatory, now with the Rand Corporation, and the Chief of the Space Sciences Division at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Dr. Robert V. Meghreblian.
Man has not ignored the spider - even before interest in them could be called scientific, spiders gave rise to constant legends and myths and were involved in medicine, art, history, and
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Man has not ignored the spider - even before interest in them could be called scientific, spiders gave rise to constant legends and myths and were involved in medicine, art, history, and religion. This program is devoted to the subject of spiders - what they are, varieties, feeding, mating habits, milk production and legends behind some of the more notorious species including the Black Widow. Introducing and discussing the subject is freelance writer William Whitehead who has done post-graduate work on the Black Widow spiders.
Dr. Martin T. Orne of the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard University Medical School discusses the subject of hypnosis. Hypnosis has become an important tool for medical science -
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Dr. Martin T. Orne of the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard University Medical School discusses the subject of hypnosis. Hypnosis has become an important tool for medical science - including childbirth, surgery, dentistry, and psychotherapy. Many types and uses of hypnosis are illustrated by Orne on the program. Last show of the season.
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