Mike Downie
Director
The Nature of Things (1960)
Season 4
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
S4E1 - Einstein, Man & Mathematician
An examination of personality and achievement of Albert Einstein. Dr Jacob Bronowski of Salk Institute for Advanced Biological Studies at La Jolla, California.
May 5, 1964, midnight
S4E2 - About The Size Of It
Scientist and broadcaster William Whitehead and Dr WE Swinton, Director of Royal Ontario Museum discuss how size differences in animal kingdom are result of their environment and their habits.
May 12, 1964, midnight
S4E3 - Standards For Comparison
Universal standards of measurements are explained in laymen's terms by Dr Patterson Hume and Dr Donald Ivey of University of Toronto.
May 19, 1964, midnight
S4E4 - Excursion Into Hell
Centuries ago, people in warmer parts of earth believed a dread disease was contracted from unhealthy air generated in swamps.
May 26, 1964, midnight
S4E5 - Surgery For Parkinson'S Disease
This program shows surgical techniques used in a new treatment for Parkinson's Disease.
June 2, 1964, midnight
S4E6 - Science In Sports
Host Lister Sinclair and guest Lloyd Percival, sports authority, discuss and demonstrate how various sporting activities can now be precisely measured and how they can thus be improved.
June 9, 1964, midnight
S4E7 - Lasers
Dr Patterson Hume and Dr Donald Ivey explain recent developments of laser beam since 1960, how it works, and its potential uses in medicine, war and communications.
June 30, 1964, midnight
S4E8 - Blood, Sea And Tears
Man still carries around in him an isolated pool of early Palaeozoic ocean that fed his plankton ancestors.
July 7, 1964, midnight
S4E9 - Cartography
Host and writer Lister Sinclair talks about map projection, and problems of taking a spherical object, earth.
July 14, 1964, midnight
S4E10 - The World Of Water
In this program Donald Crowdis, Director of Nova Scotia Museum of Science, talks about water.
July 21, 1964, midnight
S4E11 - Immunology
In this program Donald Crowdis, Director of Nova Scotia Museum of Science, talks about transplants and new study of immunology.
July 28, 1964, 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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