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January 6, 1963

Season 3

01. Episode 1

Series consultant Lister Sinclair is host on season's opener on which he explains how scientists approach their work and how The Nature of Things will present scientific items.

January 6, 1963

02. Brainwashing

British psychaitrist Dr William Sargeant discusses and illustrates various brainwashing techniques such as weakening of mind.

January 13, 1963

03. Tubes To Transistors

Hosts Dr Patterson Hume and Dr Donald Ivey of University of Toronto talk about electronics age brought about by vacuum tube and transistor.

January 20, 1963

04. From Water To Land

Palaeontologist Dr Alfred S. Romer of Harvard University explains evolution of lungs, legs, and a new kind of egg in aquatic creatures.

January 27, 1963

05. Chemistry Of Salt

Dr Fred H. Knelman of Montreal, talks about sources and chemistry of salt and industrial applications of salt and its components.

February 3, 1963

06. Ear Operation

Film of an ear operation from BBC series YOUR LIFE IN THEIR HANDS, with commentary by Dr Hugh Barber, Toronto ear specialist.

February 10, 1963

07. The Way The Ball Bounces

Professors Donald Ivey and Patterson Hume demonstrate principles behind bounce in a rubber ball.

February 17, 1963

08. Lie Detectors

This program examines autonomic nervous system, how it works, and what it can reveal.

February 24, 1963

09. Smoking And Lung Cancer

In cooperation with National Cancer Institute and Canadian Cancer Society, today's show explores results of years of lung-cancer research in Britain and North America.

March 3, 1963

10. Science Museum

To commemorate the Canadian Centennial in 1967 it has been proposed that Canada build a national museum of science. The program includes filmed demonstrations of how science and technology can be made meaningful to the general public.

March 10, 1963

11. Tornadoes

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March 24, 1963

12. The Descent of Man

Recent fossil discoveries in Africa have shed new light on the ancestry and evolution of man. Guest Dr. L.S.B. Leakey, renowned British anthropologist and paleontologist, unearthed fossil remains in the Olduvai Gorge that have extended the time scale of human evolution from 500,000 to two million years or more. A deductive story in anthropology and paleontology is told as Dr. Leakey describes his finds and interprets their significance

March 31, 1963

13. Isaac Newton

Series consultant Lister Sinclair pays tribute to Sir Isaac Newton. The program attempts to capture the spirit of the time through the words of Newton himself and those of his contemporaries

April 7, 1963

14. New Atoms For Old

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April 14, 1963

15. Car Crashes

What happens in a car crash - to car and to its occupants? What causes a crash?

April 21, 1963

16. Bird Migration

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May 5, 1963

17. Fact & Fiction

Hosts Dr Donald Ivey and Dr Patterson Hume of University of Toronto, contrast observation to synthesis.

May 12, 1963

18. Code of Life

Dr Louis Siminovitch, Professor of Medical Biophysics at University of Toronto, discusses what is currently known about heredity.

May 19, 1963

19. The Chemistry Of Bread

Baking bread may be a familiar process, but it is by no means a simple one. A very great number of fundamental chemical actions are demonstrated in baking of one loaf of bread

May 26, 1963

20. The Infra-Red

Detection of heatwaves by Special infra-red receptors has many industrial, military and other uses.

June 2, 1963

21. Human Overpopulation

In aftermath of industrial revolution, with scientific advances offsetting human control, human species has experienced an increase so explosive that grave doubts are now held about future food supply.

June 9, 1963

22. Mars

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June 16, 1963

23. Spiders

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June 23, 1963

24. Hypnosis

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June 30, 1963