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The Nature of Things

Episode #19.4

Sat, Oct 14, 1978
A study of individual development and group dynamics in a troop of rhesus monkeys in natural observable environment of Cayo Santiago near Puerto Rico.
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The Dogon

Sat, Oct 28, 1978
The cliff-dwelling Dogon farmers and their unique culture are studied in their homeland near Niger River in Mali.
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Toward The Sun

Sat, Nov 04, 1978
The current efforts in both United States and Canada to harness sun as a major resource of heat and power are examined.
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Sleep

Sat, Nov 25, 1978
Volunteers undergo an experiment at Montefiore Sleep Lab in New York which monitors their sleeping-awakening cycles in an attempt to learn more about body's biological time system.
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Dreams

Sat, Dec 02, 1978
Analysis of dreams is viewed at several institutions established expressly for that purpose, and those who participate in experiments are shown.
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Charlie

Sat, Dec 16, 1978
"Charlie," a profile of paleontologist Charles Sternberg, who discovered and catalogued dinosaur fossils in Badlands of Alberta.
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The Cajuns

Sat, Dec 30, 1978
The history and culture of descendants Acadians from Nova Scotia living along Bayou Lafourche in Louisiana.
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