The Nature of Things

Season 7

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 7

12 Episodes

  • The Sun
    E1
    The SunAn examination of sun from various points of view. Includes discussion with illustrative film footage of: archeological remains.
  • Natural History Of The Niagara Gorge
    E2
    Natural History Of The Niagara GorgeThe famous Niagara Falls had their origins at Queenston 12,000 years ago. Since then.
  • Air And Water Pollution
    E3
    Air And Water PollutionThis program explores serious problem of pollution, which results when more waste materials are poured into air and water than these elements have capacity to deal with.
  • The Battle Against Biting Insects
    E4
    The Battle Against Biting InsectsAn examination of some of most sophisticated methods of pest control such as: unbalancing insects' nutrition.
  • Air Conditioning - Natural And Man-Made
    E5
    Air Conditioning - Natural And Man-MadeThis program considers many aspects of controlling human environment to regulate pressure, humidity, and temperature.
  • The Physics Of Sailing
    E6
    The Physics Of SailingThe scientific study of physics of sailing, is a fairly new field. This program looks at scientific efforts to understand why sailing ships do what they do.
  • Epidemics
    E7
    EpidemicsNot so many years ago, summer's warmth brought chilling fear of polio and typhus epidemics.
  • Summer Storms
    E8
    Summer StormsA look at activities of Stormy Weather Group, scientists at Montreal's McGill University and Macdonald College who study pheonomena of summer storms.
  • Fishing And The Splake
    E9
    Fishing And The SplakeScience is developing new and better fish, splake for instance, a product of cross-breeding of lake.
  • The Value Of Our Parks
    E10
    The Value Of Our ParksThis program examines Canada's great national parks and their ecological importance in maintaining habitats vital to various plants and animals.
  • Forest And Fires
    E11
    Forest And FiresThis program deals with forest succession. Scientists have recently learned a great deal about way.
  • Water On The Level
    E12
    Water On The LevelThere has been great alarm recently over declining level of water in bodies of water as enormous as Great Lakes.

 

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