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The Nature of Things Season 2, Episode 8: Survival

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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. Watch The Nature of Things Season 2, Episode 8 Survival in HD free online. Enjoy high-quality streaming of The Nature of Things Season 2, Episode 8 and share your thoughts in the comments below!

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Episodes

24 episodes
1

Looking Ahead

2

Photography in Science

3

To Educate a Scientist

4

The Situation Is Fluid

5

Gallstones

6

The Upper Mantle Project

7

The Physics of Music

8

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.
9

Man and the Moon

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.
11

Monkey Curiosity

12

Spermatozoa

Lord Rothschild of the University of Cambridge describes the results of his research in the field of spermatozoa
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
14

Getting the Upper Hand

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
16

The Plague

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.
18

A Science Newsreel

19

Learning

20

A Bang-Up Job

21

Out of Africa

22

Count on Me

Computers are given the once-over by Drs. Donald Ivey and Patterson Hume.
23

Blood in the Balance

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