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January 4, 1962

Season 2

01. Looking Ahead

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January 4, 1962

02. Photography in Science

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January 11, 1962

03. To Educate a Scientist

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January 18, 1962

04. The Situation Is Fluid

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January 25, 1962

05. Gallstones

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February 1, 1962

06. The Upper Mantle Project

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February 8, 1962

07. The Physics of Music

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February 22, 1962

08. Survival

An appraisal of the probable effects of a large-scale nuclear blast over a North American city. Dr. Tom Stonier of the Rockefeller Institute of Government discusses what can be expected to happen to people and property as a result of such a blast.

March 1, 1962

09. Man and the Moon

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March 8, 1962

10. Hibernating Molecules

Hosts Dr. Donald Ivey and Dr. Patterson Hume talk about conditions at extremely cold temperatures, when matter 'hibernates' and molecular action slows almost to a complete stop, and how this allows physicists to study the basic structure of matter.

March 15, 1962

11. Monkey Curiosity

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March 29, 1962

12. Spermatozoa

Lord Rothschild of the University of Cambridge describes the results of his research in the field of spermatozoa

April 5, 1962

13. Animals With Feathers

Dr. William Swinton, head of the Royal Ontario Museum's Life Sciences Department, and John Livingston, executive director of the National Audubon Society, trace the history of birds

April 12, 1962

14. Getting the Upper Hand

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April 26, 1962

15. Thinking about Math

Host Lister Sinclair discusses the thinking that goes into the science of mathematics. Using animated film and studio demonstrations, he explains Mathematical logic

May 3, 1962

16. The Plague

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May 10, 1962

17. Instant Heat

Co-hosted by Drs. Patterson Hume and Donald Ivey, of the University of Toronto. They show how electricity can be produced directly from heat, and vice versa, and discuss the difficulties of transforming thermal energy into electrical energy.

May 17, 1962

18. A Science Newsreel

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May 24, 1962

19. Learning

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June 7, 1962

20. A Bang-Up Job

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June 21, 1962

21. Out of Africa

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June 28, 1962

22. Count on Me

Computers are given the once-over by Drs. Donald Ivey and Patterson Hume.

July 5, 1962

23. Blood in the Balance

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July 19, 1962

24. Episode 24

Examines work of Dr. William Sheldon, who has spent 30 years gathering statistics about the human physique, classifying body types, and correlating this information to medical and psychiatric studies

July 26, 1962