Why Is It So?
6th November 1960The Roar of the Crowd
13th November 1960The Future of Science
20th November 1960Schizophrenia
27th November 1960Engineering
4th December 1960Man as an Environment
11th December 1960Science Fiction
18th December 1960A special Christmas edition
25th December 1960The Aurora-Borealis
1st January 1961Man as an Environment – Human Body
8th January 1961Kept Alive
15th January 1961Physics and Games – Laws of Probability
22nd January 1961The Face of the Moon
29th January 1961Hibernation
5th February 1961Man and His Environment
12th February 1961Eclipse
19th February 1961Animal Communication
26th February 1961The Speed of Light
5th March 1961Monotony
12th March 1961The Chemical Senses
19th March 1961The Mohole: Earth's Crust
2nd April 1961Laws of Conservation
16th April 1961Photosynthesis
23rd April 1961Physics of Clouds
30th April 1961The Sources of Science
7th May 1961The Nature of Things is a Canadian television series of documentary programs. It debuted on CBC Television on November 6, 1960. Many of the programs document nature and the effect that humans have on it. The program was one of the first to explore environmental issues, such as clear-cut logging. The series is named after an epic poem by Roman philosopher Lucretius: "Dē Rērum Nātūrā" — On the Nature of Things.












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