The Nature of Things - Season 1
1 - Why Is It So?
Air Date: November 6, 1960
2 - The Roar of the Crowd
Air Date: November 13, 1960
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 Jasper
3 - The Future of Science
Air Date: November 20, 1960
Professor Donald Ivey probes the attitudes and working habits of scientists
4 - Schizophrenia
Air Date: November 27, 1960
5 - Engineering
Air Date: December 4, 1960
6 - Man as an Environment
Air Date: December 11, 1960
7 - Science Fiction
Air Date: December 18, 1960
8 - A special Christmas edition
Air Date: December 25, 1960
9 - The Aurora-Borealis
Air Date: January 1, 1961
10 - Man as an Environment – Human Body
Air Date: January 8, 1961
11 - Kept Alive
Air Date: January 15, 1961
12 - Physics and Games – Laws of Probability
Air Date: January 22, 1961
13 - The Face of the Moon
Air Date: January 29, 1961
14 - Hibernation
Air Date: February 5, 1961
15 - Man and His Environment
Air Date: February 12, 1961
16 - Eclipse
Air Date: February 19, 1961
17 - Animal Communication
Air Date: February 26, 1961
18 - The Speed of Light
Air Date: March 5, 1961
19 - Monotony
Air Date: March 12, 1961
Dr. John Zubec of the University of Manitoba explains his experiments and studies on boredom and its effects on the human mind
20 - The Chemical Senses
Air Date: March 19, 1961
21 - The Mohole: Earth's Crust
Air Date: April 2, 1961
22 - Laws of Conservation
Air Date: April 16, 1961
23 - Photosynthesis
Air Date: April 23, 1961
24 - Physics of Clouds
Air Date: April 30, 1961
25 - The Sources of Science
Air Date: May 7, 1961