The Nature of Things
TV
Type
1960
Year
64 Seasons
Seasons
★ 7.2
Rating
Documentary
Genre
The 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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Episodes
1. Why Is It So?
2. The Roar of the Crowd
3. The Future of Science
4. Schizophrenia
5. Engineering
6. Man as an Environment
7. Science Fiction
8. A special Christmas edition
9. The Aurora-Borealis
10. Man as an Environment – Human Body
11. Kept Alive
12. Physics and Games – Laws of Probability
13. The Face of the Moon
14. Hibernation
15. Man and His Environment
16. Eclipse
17. Animal Communication
18. The Speed of Light
19. Monotony
20. The Chemical Senses
21. The Mohole: Earth's Crust
22. Laws of Conservation
23. Photosynthesis
24. Physics of Clouds
25. The Sources of Science