1960

S3.E1 ∙ Episode #3.1

Sat, Jan 05, 1963

Series consultant Lister Sinclair is host on season's opener on which he explains how scientists approach their work and how The Nature of Things will present scientific items.

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S3.E2 ∙ Brainwashing

Sat, Jan 12, 1963

British psychaitrist Dr William Sargeant discusses and illustrates various brainwashing techniques such as weakening of mind.

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S3.E3 ∙ Tubes To Transistors

Sat, Jan 19, 1963

Hosts Dr Patterson Hume and Dr Donald Ivey of University of Toronto talk about electronics age brought about by vacuum tube and transistor.

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S3.E4 ∙ From Water To Land

Sat, Jan 26, 1963

Palaeontologist Dr Alfred S. Romer of Harvard University explains evolution of lungs, legs, and a new kind of egg in aquatic creatures.

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S3.E5 ∙ Chemistry Of Salt

Sat, Feb 02, 1963

Dr Fred H. Knelman of Montreal, talks about sources and chemistry of salt and industrial applications of salt and its components.

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S3.E6 ∙ Ear Operation

Sat, Feb 09, 1963

Film of an ear operation from BBC series YOUR LIFE IN THEIR HANDS, with commentary by Dr Hugh Barber, Toronto ear specialist.

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S3.E7 ∙ The Way The Ball Bounces

Sat, Feb 16, 1963

Professors Donald Ivey and Patterson Hume demonstrate principles behind bounce in a rubber ball,.

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S3.E8 ∙ Lie Detectors

Sat, Feb 23, 1963

This program examines autonomic nervous system, how it works, and what it can reveal.

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S3.E9 ∙ Smoking And Lung Cancer

Sat, Mar 02, 1963

In cooperation with National Cancer Institute and Canadian Cancer Society, today's show explores results of years of lung-cancer research in Britain and North America.

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S3.E10 ∙ Science Museum

Sat, Mar 09, 1963

A report on need for a Canadian science museum. Host Lister Sinclair visits Deutsches Science Museum in Munich and science section of British Museum.

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S3.E12 ∙ The Descent Of Man

Sat, Mar 23, 1963

Recent fossil discoveries in Africa have shed new light on ancestry and evolution of man.

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S3.E13 ∙ Isaac Newton

Sat, Apr 06, 1963

Lister Sinclair pays tribute to Isaac Newton. The program attempts to capture spirit of time.

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S3.E14 ∙ New Atoms For Old

Sat, Apr 13, 1963

Drs. Patterson Hume and Donald Ivey of University of Toronto explain value of atoms and care needed in handling them because of their radio-active properties.

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What happens in a car crash - to car and to its occupants? What causes a crash? Can personality characteristics contribute to car accidents? Canadian writer Rita Greer Allen, who last year sustained a broken neck in a car crash

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S3.E16 ∙ April 28, 1963

Sat, Apr 27, 1963

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S3.E17 ∙ Bird Migration

Sat, May 04, 1963

In this program origins and patterns of bird migration, and latest theories of bird orientation and navigation, are discussed with Dr William WH Gunn of Federation of Ontario Naturalists.

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S3.E18 ∙ Fact & Fiction

Sat, May 11, 1963

Hosts Dr Donald Ivey and Dr Patterson Hume of University of Toronto, contrast observation to synthesis,.

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S3.E19 ∙ Code Of Life

Sat, May 18, 1963

Dr Louis Siminovitch, Professor of Medical Biophysics at University of Toronto, discusses what is currently known about heredity.

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S3.E20 ∙ The Chemistry Of Bread

Sat, May 25, 1963

Baking bread may be a familiar process, but it is by no means a simple one. A very great number of fundamental chemical actions are demonstrated in baking of one loaf of bread.

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S3.E21 ∙ The Infra-Red

Sat, Jun 01, 1963

Detection of heatwaves by Special infra-red receptors has many industrial, military and other uses.

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S3.E22 ∙ Human Overpopulation

Sat, Jun 08, 1963

In aftermath of industrial revolution, with scientific advances offsetting human control, human species has experienced an increase so explosive that grave doubts are now held about future food supply.

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