Episodes 24

1 Looking Ahead

January 4, 1962

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2 Photography in Science

January 11, 1962

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3 To Educate a Scientist

January 18, 1962

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4 The Situation Is Fluid

January 25, 1962

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5 Gallstones

February 1, 1962

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6 The Upper Mantle Project

February 8, 1962

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7 The Physics of Music

February 22, 1962

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8 Survival

March 1, 1962

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.

9 Man and the Moon

March 8, 1962

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10 Hibernating Molecules

March 15, 1962

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.

11 Monkey Curiosity

March 29, 1962

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12 Spermatozoa

April 5, 1962

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

13 Animals With Feathers

April 12, 1962

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

14 Getting the Upper Hand

April 26, 1962

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15 Thinking about Math

May 3, 1962

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

16 The Plague

May 10, 1962

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17 Instant Heat

May 17, 1962

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.

18 A Science Newsreel

May 24, 1962

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19 Learning

June 7, 1962

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20 A Bang-Up Job

June 21, 1962

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21 Out of Africa

June 28, 1962

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22 Count on Me

July 5, 1962

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

23 Blood in the Balance

July 19, 1962

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24 Episode 24

July 26, 1962

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

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