Mike Downie
Director
The Nature of Things (1960)
Season 2
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.
Released Nov. 6, 1960
Episode 42 min
10+
Genres: Documentary
Keywords: tmdb.nature, tmdb.environment, mdblist.has-trailer, imdb.science-and-technology-documentary, imdb.science, imdb.natural-science, imdb.four-word-title
Watch Providers: fuboTV
Network: CBC Television
S2E1 - Looking Ahead
Jan. 4, 1962, midnight
S2E2 - Photography in Science
Jan. 11, 1962, midnight
S2E3 - To Educate a Scientist
Jan. 18, 1962, midnight
S2E4 - The Situation Is Fluid
Jan. 25, 1962, midnight
S2E5 - Gallstones
Feb. 1, 1962, midnight
S2E6 - The Upper Mantle Project
Feb. 8, 1962, midnight
S2E7 - The Physics of Music
Feb. 22, 1962, midnight
S2E8 - Survival
An appraisal of the probable effects of a large-scale nuclear blast over a North American city. Dr. Tom Stonier of the Rockefeller Institute of Government discusses what can be expected to happen to people and property as a result of such a blast.
March 1, 1962, midnight
S2E9 - Man and the Moon
March 8, 1962, midnight
S2E10 - Hibernating Molecules
Hosts Dr. Donald Ivey and Dr. Patterson Hume talk about conditions at extremely cold temperatures, when matter 'hibernates' and molecular action slows almost to a complete stop, and how this allows physicists to study the basic structure of matter.
March 15, 1962, midnight
S2E11 - Monkey Curiosity
March 29, 1962, midnight
S2E12 - Spermatozoa
Lord Rothschild of the University of Cambridge describes the results of his research in the field of spermatozoa
April 5, 1962, midnight
S2E13 - Animals With Feathers
Dr. William Swinton, head of the Royal Ontario Museum's Life Sciences Department, and John Livingston, executive director of the National Audubon Society, trace the history of birds
April 12, 1962, midnight
S2E14 - Getting the Upper Hand
April 26, 1962, midnight
S2E15 - Thinking about Math
Host Lister Sinclair discusses the thinking that goes into the science of mathematics. Using animated film and studio demonstrations, he explains Mathematical logic
May 3, 1962, midnight
S2E16 - The Plague
May 10, 1962, midnight
S2E17 - Instant Heat
Co-hosted by Drs. Patterson Hume and Donald Ivey, of the University of Toronto. They show how electricity can be produced directly from heat, and vice versa, and discuss the difficulties of transforming thermal energy into electrical energy.
May 17, 1962, midnight
S2E18 - A Science Newsreel
May 24, 1962, midnight
S2E19 - Learning
June 7, 1962, midnight
S2E20 - A Bang-Up Job
June 21, 1962, midnight
S2E21 - Out of Africa
June 28, 1962, midnight
S2E22 - Count on Me
Computers are given the once-over by Drs. Donald Ivey and Patterson Hume.
July 5, 1962, midnight
S2E23 - Blood in the Balance
July 19, 1962, midnight
S2E24 - Episode 24
Examines work of Dr. William Sheldon, who has spent 30 years gathering statistics about the human physique, classifying body types, and correlating this information to medical and psychiatric studies
July 26, 1962, midnight
Network: CBC Television
Episode Runtime: 42 min.
Season Runtime: 40 min.
Released: Nov. 6, 1960
Last Air Date: Nov. 18, 2025, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: TV-PG / 10+
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