The Nature of Things
Season 1
Episodes
1. Why Is It So?
November 6, 1960
2. The Roar of the Crowd
November 13, 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
3. The Future of Science
November 20, 1960
Professor Donald Ivey probes the attitudes and working habits of scientists
4. Schizophrenia
November 27, 1960
5. Engineering
December 4, 1960
6. Man as an Environment
December 11, 1960
7. Science Fiction
December 18, 1960
8. A special Christmas edition
December 25, 1960
9. The Aurora-Borealis
January 1, 1961
10. Man as an Environment – Human Body
January 8, 1961
11. Kept Alive
January 15, 1961
12. Physics and Games – Laws of Probability
January 22, 1961
13. The Face of the Moon
January 29, 1961
14. Hibernation
February 5, 1961
15. Man and His Environment
February 12, 1961
16. Eclipse
February 19, 1961
17. Animal Communication
February 26, 1961
18. The Speed of Light
March 5, 1961
19. Monotony
March 12, 1961
Dr. John Zubec of the University of Manitoba explains his experiments and studies on boredom and its effects on the human mind
20. The Chemical Senses
March 19, 1961
21. The Mohole: Earth's Crust
April 2, 1961
22. Laws of Conservation
April 16, 1961
23. Photosynthesis
April 23, 1961
24. Physics of Clouds
April 30, 1961
25. The Sources of Science
May 7, 1961
