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The Nature of Things — Storyline

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.

Cast & Crew

The Nature of Things — Series Details

The Nature of Things — Episode Guide

Season 1

• E1: Why Is It So? (1960-11-06)
• E2: The Roar of the Crowd (1960-11-13) — Study of brain cells, how research has helped the understanding of learning and memory. Filmed at the Montreal Neurological Institute, with Dr. Wilder Penfield and Dr. Herbert Jasp
• E3: The Future of Science (1960-11-20) — Professor Donald Ivey probes the attitudes and working habits of scientists
• E4: Schizophrenia (1960-11-27)
• E5: Engineering (1960-12-04)
• E6: Man as an Environment (1960-12-11)
• E7: Science Fiction (1960-12-18)
• E8: A special Christmas edition (1960-12-25)
• E9: The Aurora-Borealis (1961-01-01)
• E10: Man as an Environment – Human Body (1961-01-08)
• E11: Kept Alive (1961-01-15)
• E12: Physics and Games – Laws of Probability (1961-01-22)
• E13: The Face of the Moon (1961-01-29)
• E14: Hibernation (1961-02-05)
• E15: Man and His Environment (1961-02-12)
• E16: Eclipse (1961-02-19)
• E17: Animal Communication (1961-02-26)
• E18: The Speed of Light (1961-03-05)
• E19: Monotony (1961-03-12) — Dr. John Zubec of the University of Manitoba explains his experiments and studies on boredom and its effects on the human mind
• E20: The Chemical Senses (1961-03-19)
• E21: The Mohole: Earth's Crust (1961-04-02)
• E22: Laws of Conservation (1961-04-16)
• E23: Photosynthesis (1961-04-23)
• E24: Physics of Clouds (1961-04-30)
• E25: The Sources of Science (1961-05-07)

Season 2

• E1: Looking Ahead (1962-01-04)
• E2: Photography in Science (1962-01-11)
• E3: To Educate a Scientist (1962-01-18)
• E4: The Situation Is Fluid (1962-01-25)
• E5: Gallstones (1962-02-01)
• E6: The Upper Mantle Project (1962-02-08)
• E7: The Physics of Music (1962-02-22)
• E8: Survival (1962-03-01) — 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 exp
• E9: Man and the Moon (1962-03-08)
• E10: Hibernating Molecules (1962-03-15) — 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, an
• E11: Monkey Curiosity (1962-03-29)
• E12: Spermatozoa (1962-04-05) — Lord Rothschild of the University of Cambridge describes the results of his research in the field of spermatozoa
• E13: Animals With Feathers (1962-04-12) — 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 bird
• E14: Getting the Upper Hand (1962-04-26)
• E15: Thinking about Math (1962-05-03) — Host Lister Sinclair discusses the thinking that goes into the science of mathematics. Using animated film and studio demonstrations, he explains Mathematical logic
• E16: The Plague (1962-05-10)
• E17: Instant Heat (1962-05-17) — 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 diffic
• E18: A Science Newsreel (1962-05-24)
• E19: Learning (1962-06-07)
• E20: A Bang-Up Job (1962-06-21)
• E21: Out of Africa (1962-06-28)
• E22: Count on Me (1962-07-05) — Computers are given the once-over by Drs. Donald Ivey and Patterson Hume.
• E23: Blood in the Balance (1962-07-19)
• E24: Episode 24 (1962-07-26) — 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

Season 3

• E1: Episode 1 (1963-01-06) — 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.
• E2: Brainwashing (1963-01-13) — British psychaitrist Dr William Sargeant discusses and illustrates various brainwashing techniques such as weakening of mind.
• E3: Tubes To Transistors (1963-01-20) — Hosts Dr Patterson Hume and Dr Donald Ivey of University of Toronto talk about electronics age brought about by vacuum tube and transistor.
• E4: From Water To Land (1963-01-27) — Palaeontologist Dr Alfred S. Romer of Harvard University explains evolution of lungs, legs, and a new kind of egg in aquatic creatures.
• E5: Chemistry Of Salt (1963-02-03) — Dr Fred H. Knelman of Montreal, talks about sources and chemistry of salt and industrial applications of salt and its components.
• E6: Ear Operation (1963-02-10) — Film of an ear operation from BBC series YOUR LIFE IN THEIR HANDS, with commentary by Dr Hugh Barber, Toronto ear specialist.
• E7: The Way The Ball Bounces (1963-02-17) — Professors Donald Ivey and Patterson Hume demonstrate principles behind bounce in a rubber ball.
• E8: Lie Detectors (1963-02-24) — This program examines autonomic nervous system, how it works, and what it can reveal.
• E9: Smoking And Lung Cancer (1963-03-03) — 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.
• E10: Science Museum (1963-03-10) — 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 te
• E11: Tornadoes (1963-03-24)
• E12: The Descent of Man (1963-03-31) — 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
• E13: Isaac Newton (1963-04-07) — 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 cont
• E14: New Atoms For Old (1963-04-14)
• E15: Car Crashes (1963-04-21) — What happens in a car crash – to car and to its occupants? What causes a crash?
• E16: Bird Migration (1963-05-05)
• E17: Fact & Fiction (1963-05-12) — Hosts Dr Donald Ivey and Dr Patterson Hume of University of Toronto, contrast observation to synthesis.
• E18: Code of Life (1963-05-19) — Dr Louis Siminovitch, Professor of Medical Biophysics at University of Toronto, discusses what is currently known about heredity.
• E19: The Chemistry Of Bread (1963-05-26) — 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
• E20: The Infra-Red (1963-06-02) — Detection of heatwaves by Special infra-red receptors has many industrial, military and other uses.
• E21: Human Overpopulation (1963-06-09) — 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 abou
• E22: Mars (1963-06-16)
• E23: Spiders (1963-06-23)
• E24: Hypnosis (1963-06-30)

Season 4

• E1: Einstein, Man & Mathematician (1964-05-05) — An examination of personality and achievement of Albert Einstein. Dr Jacob Bronowski of Salk Institute for Advanced Biological Studies at La Jolla, California.
• E2: About The Size Of It (1964-05-12) — Scientist and broadcaster William Whitehead and Dr WE Swinton, Director of Royal Ontario Museum discuss how size differences in animal kingdom are result of their environment and t
• E3: Standards For Comparison (1964-05-19) — Universal standards of measurements are explained in laymen's terms by Dr Patterson Hume and Dr Donald Ivey of University of Toronto.
• E4: Excursion Into Hell (1964-05-26) — Centuries ago, people in warmer parts of earth believed a dread disease was contracted from unhealthy air generated in swamps.
• E5: Surgery For Parkinson'S Disease (1964-06-02) — This program shows surgical techniques used in a new treatment for Parkinson's Disease.
• E6: Science In Sports (1964-06-09) — Host Lister Sinclair and guest Lloyd Percival, sports authority, discuss and demonstrate how various sporting activities can now be precisely measured and how they can thus be impr
• E7: Lasers (1964-06-30) — Dr Patterson Hume and Dr Donald Ivey explain recent developments of laser beam since 1960, how it works, and its potential uses in medicine, war and communications.
• E8: Blood, Sea And Tears (1964-07-07) — Man still carries around in him an isolated pool of early Palaeozoic ocean that fed his plankton ancestors.
• E9: Cartography (1964-07-14) — Host and writer Lister Sinclair talks about map projection, and problems of taking a spherical object, earth.
• E10: The World Of Water (1964-07-21) — In this program Donald Crowdis, Director of Nova Scotia Museum of Science, talks about water.
• E11: Immunology (1964-07-28) — In this program Donald Crowdis, Director of Nova Scotia Museum of Science, talks about transplants and new study of immunology.

Season 5

• E1: "Good and Evil" (1965-01-03)
• E2: "Viruses" (1965-01-10)
• E3: "Survival" (1965-01-17) — The problem of survival in extreme climatic conditions is examined by Dr. William Whitehead.
• E4: Eureka (1965-01-24) — Discussion and demonstration of "accidental" scientific discoveries.[37]
• E5: Flight (1965-01-31) — Lister Sinclair looks at the artificial flight techniques of man and some of the principles of flying used by other species.
• E6: "The Quaking Earth" (1965-02-07)
• E7: Pain (1965-02-21)
• E8: "Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics" (1965-02-28) — Professors Patterson Hume and Donald Ivey dispute Mark Twain's claim that: "There are lies, damn lies and statistics"; or in other words, "you can prove anything with statistics."
• E9: Photography (1965-03-14) — Dr. Walter Clark of the Eastman-Kodak Research Laboratory, and host Lester Sinclair explain what happens after you push the button of your camera.
• E10: "Bird Strikes on Aircraft" (1965-03-21) — At one time, collisions between aircraft and birds usually hurt only the birds. Now, with aircraft flying at supersonic speeds, the impact of collisions is greater. And birds inges
• E11: "The Pacemakers" (1965-03-28) — For the first time ever on television, part of the remarkable "pacemaker" heart operation is shown being performed at the Toronto General Hospital.

Season 6

• E1: Animals And Man (1965-10-03) — A series studying animal kingdom, and man's place in it, through comparisons of anatomy, function, and behavior.
• E2: Animals On Land (1965-10-10) — How animals get from place to place, including burrowing, crawling, climbing trees, running,.
• E3: Animals In The Water (1965-10-17) — "Animals In The Water" studies fish, crocodiles, seals and whales.
• E4: Animal Adaptation (1965-10-24) — A look at how animals have developed special means of coping with environments – long neck of giraffe, coat of polar bear.
• E5: Animal Adaptation (1965-10-31) — A look at process of natural selection by which animals have developed special means of coping with their environments: long neck of giraffe, coat of polar bear.
• E6: Animals And Food (1965-11-07) — How animals locate, obtain, process and eat food using "anatomical tools": beaks, claws etc.
• E7: Animals As Engineers (1965-11-14) — Animals modify their environments in many ways: by building nests, damming streams.
• E8: Animals As Engineers (1965-11-21) — Program shows how animals modify their environments in many ways; by building nests.
• E9: Animal Hands And Tools (1965-11-28) — Man is known as "toolmaker", although certain other animals do use tools.
• E10: Animal Vision And Smell (1965-12-05) — Different combinations of senses are dominant in activities of different animals: vision and smell in insects, smell and hearing in most mammals, vision and touch in higher primate
• E11: Animal Territory And Aggression (1965-12-12) — A look at various ways animals and man defend their homes and their young.
• E12: Animal Social Behavior (1965-12-19)
• E13: Episode 13 (1965-12-26)
• E14: Animal Learning (1966-01-02) — How much of animal behavior is inherent, and how much is learned?
• E15: Episode 15 (1966-01-09)
• E16: Episode 16 (1966-01-16)
• E17: Man And Animals (1966-01-23) — Man, animal species, as he might be described by an objective zoologist from another planet: what is he.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many seasons does The Nature of Things have? 64 season(s) with 680 episodes.

Where can I watch The Nature of Things? See the Where to Watch section above for current streaming options.