Season 3 (1963)

Episode 1
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January 6, 1963

Series consultant Lister Sinclair is host on season's opener on which he explains how scientists approach their work and how The N...Read more

Brainwashing
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January 13, 1963

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

Tubes To Transistors
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January 20, 1963

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

From Water To Land
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January 27, 1963

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

Chemistry Of Salt
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February 3, 1963

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

Ear Operation
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February 10, 1963

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

The Way The Ball Bounces
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February 17, 1963

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

Lie Detectors
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February 24, 1963

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

Smoking And Lung Cancer
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March 3, 1963

In cooperation with National Cancer Institute and Canadian Cancer Society, today's show explores results of years of lung-cancer r...Read more

Science Museum
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March 10, 1963

To commemorate the Canadian Centennial in 1967 it has been proposed that Canada build a national museum of science. The program in...Read more

Tornadoes
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March 24, 1963

Episode 11 of Season 3 premiered on March 24, 1963

The Descent of Man
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March 31, 1963

Recent fossil discoveries in Africa have shed new light on the ancestry and evolution of man. Guest Dr. L.S.B. Leakey, renowned Br...Read more

Isaac Newton
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April 7, 1963

Series consultant Lister Sinclair pays tribute to Sir Isaac Newton. The program attempts to capture the spirit of the time through...Read more

New Atoms For Old
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April 14, 1963

Episode 14 of Season 3 premiered on April 14, 1963

Car Crashes
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April 21, 1963

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

Bird Migration
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May 5, 1963

Episode 16 of Season 3 premiered on May 5, 1963

Fact & Fiction
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May 12, 1963

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

Code of Life
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May 19, 1963

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

The Chemistry Of Bread
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May 26, 1963

Baking bread may be a familiar process, but it is by no means a simple one. A very great number of fundamental chemical actions ar...Read more

The Infra-Red
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June 2, 1963

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

Human Overpopulation
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June 9, 1963

In aftermath of industrial revolution, with scientific advances offsetting human control, human species has experienced an increas...Read more

Mars
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June 16, 1963

Episode 22 of Season 3 premiered on June 16, 1963

Spiders
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June 23, 1963

Episode 23 of Season 3 premiered on June 23, 1963

Hypnosis
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June 30, 1963

Episode 24 of Season 3 premiered on June 30, 1963