About this season
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.
Episodes (25)
1. Why Is It So?
Aired 6 November 1960
2. The Roar of the Crowd
Aired 13 November 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
Aired 20 November 1960
Professor Donald Ivey probes the attitudes and working habits of scientists
4. Schizophrenia
Aired 27 November 1960
5. Engineering
Aired 4 December 1960
6. Man as an Environment
Aired 11 December 1960
7. Science Fiction
Aired 18 December 1960
8. A special Christmas edition
Aired 25 December 1960
9. The Aurora-Borealis
Aired 1 January 1961
10. Man as an Environment – Human Body
Aired 8 January 1961
11. Kept Alive
Aired 15 January 1961
12. Physics and Games – Laws of Probability
Aired 22 January 1961
13. The Face of the Moon
Aired 29 January 1961
14. Hibernation
Aired 5 February 1961
15. Man and His Environment
Aired 12 February 1961
16. Eclipse
Aired 19 February 1961
17. Animal Communication
Aired 26 February 1961
18. The Speed of Light
Aired 5 March 1961
19. Monotony
Aired 12 March 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
Aired 19 March 1961
21. The Mohole: Earth's Crust
Aired 2 April 1961
22. Laws of Conservation
Aired 16 April 1961
23. Photosynthesis
Aired 23 April 1961
24. Physics of Clouds
Aired 30 April 1961
25. The Sources of Science
Aired 7 May 1961