Mike Downie
Director
The Nature of Things (1960)
Season 1
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.
Released Nov. 6, 1960
Episode 42 min
10+
Genres: Documentary
Keywords: tmdb.nature, tmdb.environment, mdblist.has-trailer, imdb.science-and-technology-documentary, imdb.science, imdb.natural-science, imdb.four-word-title
Watch Providers: fuboTV
Network: CBC Television
S1E1 - Why Is It So?
Nov. 6, 1960, midnight
S1E2 - The Roar of the Crowd
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
Nov. 13, 1960, midnight
S1E3 - The Future of Science
Professor Donald Ivey probes the attitudes and working habits of scientists
Nov. 20, 1960, midnight
S1E4 - Schizophrenia
Nov. 27, 1960, midnight
S1E5 - Engineering
Dec. 4, 1960, midnight
S1E6 - Man as an Environment
Dec. 11, 1960, midnight
S1E7 - Science Fiction
Dec. 18, 1960, midnight
S1E8 - A special Christmas edition
Dec. 25, 1960, midnight
S1E9 - The Aurora-Borealis
Jan. 1, 1961, midnight
S1E10 - Man as an Environment – Human Body
Jan. 8, 1961, midnight
S1E11 - Kept Alive
Jan. 15, 1961, midnight
S1E12 - Physics and Games – Laws of Probability
Jan. 22, 1961, midnight
S1E13 - The Face of the Moon
Jan. 29, 1961, midnight
S1E14 - Hibernation
Feb. 5, 1961, midnight
S1E15 - Man and His Environment
Feb. 12, 1961, midnight
S1E16 - Eclipse
Feb. 19, 1961, midnight
S1E17 - Animal Communication
Feb. 26, 1961, midnight
S1E18 - The Speed of Light
March 5, 1961, midnight
S1E19 - Monotony
Dr. John Zubec of the University of Manitoba explains his experiments and studies on boredom and its effects on the human mind
March 12, 1961, midnight
S1E20 - The Chemical Senses
March 19, 1961, midnight
S1E21 - The Mohole: Earth's Crust
April 2, 1961, midnight
S1E22 - Laws of Conservation
April 16, 1961, midnight
S1E23 - Photosynthesis
April 23, 1961, midnight
S1E24 - Physics of Clouds
April 30, 1961, midnight
S1E25 - The Sources of Science
May 7, 1961, midnight
Network: CBC Television
Episode Runtime: 42 min.
Season Runtime: 40 min.
Released: Nov. 6, 1960
Last Air Date: Nov. 18, 2025, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: TV-PG / 10+
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