The Nature of Things

The Face of the Moon (1x13)

: 29, 1961

Donald MacRae, Professor of Astronomy at David Dunlap Observatory, Richmond Hill, explains what man knows about the moon and how he knows it. The program includes detailed photographs of the moon never before seen on television. Professor MacRae also explains how some popular folk tales about the moon actually have some basis in scientific fact, and compares the two methods for determining what he know about the moon, radio and optical astronomy.