The Nature of Things

Season 26

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.

Where to Watch The Nature of Things • Season 26

21 Episodes

  • Susan McKellar / The Sea Otter
    E1
    Susan McKellar / The Sea OtterAnother visit with cystic fibrosis victim Susan McKellar, and the return of the sea otter.
  • Air Craft
    E2
    Air CraftCelebrates the multitude of machines that humans have engineered in order to launch themselves into the air.
  • Muscular Fibres / Fish Locomotion
    E3
    Muscular Fibres / Fish Locomotion
  • Open Heart
    E4
    Open HeartA profile of pioneering heart surgeon Dr. William Bigelow, focusing on the development of early heart surgery procedures.
  • Plants and their Preys
    E5
    Plants and their Preys
  • Doctors Of The Future / Walking / Vortices
    E6
    Doctors Of The Future / Walking / VorticesA radically-new form of medical education at Canada's McMaster University is receiving attention and acclaim from around the world. In Doctors of the Future, new doctors and their teachers discuss the process of educating a physician. Also, "Walking" - like a pendulum in motion is how some physicists describe this energy-efficient method of moving the human body. And. "Vortices" - they're everywhere, from the clouds to the bathtub. Vortices explores how and why a vortex is formed.
  • Predicting the Next Earthquake
    E7
    Predicting the Next Earthquake
  • Duck in Danger
    E8
    Duck in Danger
  • The New Face of Leprosy
    E9
    The New Face of LeprosyAn update on the ancient disease that still afflicts millions around the world including North America. Progress continues, especially in educational programs designing to aid early diagnosis to stop the disease before it deforms its victims.
  • How Alcohol Affects the Body / Ancient Life-forms / The Physics of Archery
    E10
    How Alcohol Affects the Body / Ancient Life-forms / The Physics of ArcheryFeatured: how alcohol affects the body; ancient life-forms inhabiting the shallow sea that is now the Canadian Rockies; the physics of archery.
  • Family of Chimp
    E11
    Family of Chimp
  • Great Lakes: Troubled Waters
    E12
    Great Lakes: Troubled Waters
  • Hearing Things
    E13
    Hearing Things
  • The Earthquake Connection
    E14
    The Earthquake Connection
  • Islands at the Edge
    E15
    Islands at the EdgeThe Queen Charlotte Islands Cousteau dubbed "Galapagos of America North " is one of the regions the most beautiful in the world . We V found plants that are not nowhere else , and it is experienced by Indians Haida.
  • Fragile Harvest
    E16
    Fragile Harvest
  • The Brain Puzzle
    E17
    The Brain Puzzle
  • Microscopic Plants and Oxygen
    E18
    Microscopic Plants and OxygenPlankton and phytoplankton.
  • The Comet's Return / Cormorants
    E19
    The Comet's Return / CormorantsFilm of O.N.F. explaining what a comet is; The cormorants, these remarkable divers.
  • Acid Rains
    E20
    Acid RainsAn examination of acid rain's destructiveness and possible solutions to the problems it causes.
  • McMaster Students
    E21
    McMaster Students

 

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