Season 2

1. Looking Ahead

1962-01-04

2. Photography in Science

1962-01-11

3. To Educate a Scientist

1962-01-18

4. The Situation Is Fluid

1962-01-25

5. Gallstones

1962-02-01

6. The Upper Mantle Project

1962-02-08

7. The Physics of Music

1962-02-22

8. Survival

1962-03-01

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

1962-03-08

10. Hibernating Molecules

1962-03-15

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

1962-03-29

12. Spermatozoa

1962-04-05

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

13. Animals With Feathers

1962-04-12

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

1962-04-26

15. Thinking about Math

1962-05-03

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

1962-05-10

17. Instant Heat

1962-05-17

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

1962-05-24

19. Learning

1962-06-07

20. A Bang-Up Job

1962-06-21

21. Out of Africa

1962-06-28

22. Count on Me

1962-07-05

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

23. Blood in the Balance

1962-07-19

24. Episode 24

1962-07-26

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