Mike Downie
Director
The Nature of Things (1960)
Season 3
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
S3E1 - Episode 1
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.
Jan. 6, 1963, midnight
S3E2 - Brainwashing
British psychaitrist Dr William Sargeant discusses and illustrates various brainwashing techniques such as weakening of mind.
Jan. 13, 1963, midnight
S3E3 - Tubes To Transistors
Hosts Dr Patterson Hume and Dr Donald Ivey of University of Toronto talk about electronics age brought about by vacuum tube and transistor.
Jan. 20, 1963, midnight
S3E4 - From Water To Land
Palaeontologist Dr Alfred S. Romer of Harvard University explains evolution of lungs, legs, and a new kind of egg in aquatic creatures.
Jan. 27, 1963, midnight
S3E5 - Chemistry Of Salt
Dr Fred H. Knelman of Montreal, talks about sources and chemistry of salt and industrial applications of salt and its components.
Feb. 3, 1963, midnight
S3E6 - Ear Operation
Film of an ear operation from BBC series YOUR LIFE IN THEIR HANDS, with commentary by Dr Hugh Barber, Toronto ear specialist.
Feb. 10, 1963, midnight
S3E7 - The Way The Ball Bounces
Professors Donald Ivey and Patterson Hume demonstrate principles behind bounce in a rubber ball.
Feb. 17, 1963, midnight
S3E8 - Lie Detectors
This program examines autonomic nervous system, how it works, and what it can reveal.
Feb. 24, 1963, midnight
S3E9 - Smoking And Lung Cancer
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.
March 3, 1963, midnight
S3E10 - Science Museum
To commemorate the Canadian Centennial in 1967 it has been proposed that Canada build a national museum of science. The program includes filmed demonstrations of how science and technology can be made meaningful to the general public.
March 10, 1963, midnight
S3E11 - Tornadoes
March 24, 1963, midnight
S3E12 - The Descent of Man
Recent fossil discoveries in Africa have shed new light on the ancestry and evolution of man. Guest Dr. L.S.B. Leakey, renowned British anthropologist and paleontologist, unearthed fossil remains in the Olduvai Gorge that have extended the time scale of human evolution from 500,000 to two million years or more. A deductive story in anthropology and paleontology is told as Dr. Leakey describes his finds and interprets their significance
March 31, 1963, midnight
S3E13 - Isaac Newton
Series consultant Lister Sinclair pays tribute to Sir Isaac Newton. The program attempts to capture the spirit of the time through the words of Newton himself and those of his contemporaries
April 7, 1963, midnight
S3E14 - New Atoms For Old
April 14, 1963, midnight
S3E15 - Car Crashes
What happens in a car crash - to car and to its occupants? What causes a crash?
April 21, 1963, midnight
S3E16 - Bird Migration
May 5, 1963, midnight
S3E17 - Fact & Fiction
Hosts Dr Donald Ivey and Dr Patterson Hume of University of Toronto, contrast observation to synthesis.
May 12, 1963, midnight
S3E18 - Code of Life
Dr Louis Siminovitch, Professor of Medical Biophysics at University of Toronto, discusses what is currently known about heredity.
May 19, 1963, midnight
S3E19 - The Chemistry Of Bread
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
May 26, 1963, midnight
S3E20 - The Infra-Red
Detection of heatwaves by Special infra-red receptors has many industrial, military and other uses.
June 2, 1963, midnight
S3E21 - Human Overpopulation
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.
June 9, 1963, midnight
S3E22 - Mars
June 16, 1963, midnight
S3E23 - Spiders
June 23, 1963, midnight
S3E24 - Hypnosis
June 30, 1963, 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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