The Nature of Things

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Looking Ahead
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An examination of promising areas of scientific research and some of the scientists involved. Includes plasma research being done by Dr. Morell Bachynski at the RCA Victor laboratory in Montreal for use in space exploration.
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Photography in Science
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A slow motion, time lapsed film examining animals, plants, ice, blood, solar eclipses, cells, rockets, the setting sun and the habits of eagles.
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To Educate a Scientist
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Dr. Patterson Hume and Dr. Donald Ivey of the University of Toronto illustrate methods developed by the Physics Science Study Committee, and initiated by the Massachusetts Institute of .. show full overview
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The Situation Is Fluid
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Donald Crowdis of the Nova Scotia Science Museum discusses liquids, how detergents remove dirt, and how one liquid passes through another.
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Gallstones
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Donald Crowdis, Director of the Nova Scotia Museum of Science hosts this show on gallstones. A.J. Harding Range, professor of medical surgery at the Charing Cross Hospital Medical School .. show full overview
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The Upper Mantle Project
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Program guest J. Tuzo Wilson, Professor of Physics, University of Toronto, and host Lister Sinclair look at a Canadian plan to survey that part of the earth laying immediately under the .. show full overview
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The Physics of Music
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Host Lister Sinclair and Professor Harvey Olnick of the University of Toronto Faculty of Music explain the physics of music; how the various instruments produce sound; the physics of .. show full overview
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Survival
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An appraisal of the probable effects of a large-scale nuclear blast over a North American city.[8] Dr. Tom Stonier of the Rockefeller Institute discusses what can be expected to happen .. show full overview
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Man and the Moon
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Program examines the type of surface man may find if and when he lands on the moon; it shows what is known about the moon's surface, and how this knowledge is used in the design of .. show full overview
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Hibernating Molecules
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Hosts Dr. Donald Ivey and Dr. Patteron Hume talk about conditions at extremely cold temperatures when matter "hibernates" and molecular action slows almost to a complete stop; and how .. show full overview
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Monkey Curiosity
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This episode focuses on scientists' views of the nature of science. Seen are: Dr. Alfred Romer, zoologist; Dr. Harold Urey, Nobel Prize winning chemist; Dr. Margaret Mead, .. show full overview
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Spermatozoa
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Lord Rothschild of Cambridge University describes the results of his research in the field of spermatozoa.
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Animals With Feathers
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Dr. William Swinton, head of the Royal Ontario Museum's Life Sciences Department, and John Livingston, executive director of the Audubon Society of Canada, trace the history of birds.
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Getting the Upper Hand
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A look at the Dutch Elm disease and biological efforts to control it. Host John Livingston outlines the history of the disease in Canada; explains the nature of the disease; how it is .. show full overview
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Thinking about Math
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Host Lister Sinclair discusses the sort of thinking that goes into the science of mathematics. Using animatedfilm and studio demonstrations, he explains what mathematical logic is.
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The Plague
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Host Donald Crowdis traces the history of the bubonic plague - the causes, how it spread, and how it was and is treated. He tells how over a period of years, scientists discovered that the plague was really a disease of animals rather than people.
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Instant Heat
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Drs. Patterson Hume and Donald Ivey, of the University of Toronto are co-hosts. They show how electricity can be produced directly from heat, and vice-versa. They discuss the practical .. show full overview
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A Science Newsreel
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A Science Newsreel, film clips showing current scientific projects including the Soviet and American space programs. Host to be announced.
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Learning
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An examination of the young child's ability to learn, and a comparison of the human child's learning rate to that of lower animal forms such as an octopus. A group at the Massachusetts .. show full overview
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A Bang-Up Job
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Dr. Robert Knott, G.R. Phare of the CIL Research Division, and host Lister Sinclair examine the properties, types and uses of explosives. Includes an explanation and film illustration .. show full overview
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Out of Africa
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Naturalist John Livingston is host of this program about man's place in nature and the problems of new African nations in supplying growing populations with an adequate supply of animal .. show full overview
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Count on Me
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Drs. Patterson Hume and Donald Ivey of the University of Toronto explain what electronic computers can do and how they do it.
2x23
Blood in the Balance
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A look at the new field of ballistocardiography. Host Dr. Patterson Hume of the University of Toronto explains the principals behind ballistocardiography. Donald Crowdis of the Nova .. show full overview
2x24
Getting Us Typed
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Examines work of Dr. William Sheldon, who has spent about 30 years gathering statistics about the human physique, classifying body types, and correlating this information to medical and psychiatric studies.

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