The Nature of Things — Season 1
25 episodesFirst aired 6 November 1960
E1Why Is It So?
Nov 1960
- E2
The Roar of the Crowd
Nov 1960
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
- E3
The Future of Science
Nov 1960
Professor Donald Ivey probes the attitudes and working habits of scientists
- E4
Schizophrenia
Nov 1960
- E5
Engineering
Dec 1960
- E6
Man as an Environment
Dec 1960
- E7
Science Fiction
Dec 1960
- E8
A special Christmas edition
Dec 1960
- E9
The Aurora-Borealis
Jan 1961
- E10
Man as an Environment – Human Body
Jan 1961
- E11
Kept Alive
Jan 1961
- E12
Physics and Games – Laws of Probability
Jan 1961
- E13
The Face of the Moon
Jan 1961
- E14
Hibernation
Feb 1961
- E15
Man and His Environment
Feb 1961
- E16
Eclipse
Feb 1961
- E17
Animal Communication
Feb 1961
- E18
The Speed of Light
Mar 1961
- E19
Monotony
Mar 1961
Dr. John Zubec of the University of Manitoba explains his experiments and studies on boredom and its effects on the human mind
- E20
The Chemical Senses
Mar 1961
- E21
The Mohole: Earth's Crust
Apr 1961
- E22
Laws of Conservation
Apr 1961
- E23
Photosynthesis
Apr 1961
- E24
Physics of Clouds
Apr 1961
- E25
The Sources of Science
May 1961
