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The Nature of Things

Season 31 1990 - 1991

  • 1990-10-04T00:00:00Z on CBC Television
  • 45m
  • 12h 45m (17 episodes)
  • Canada
  • English
  • Documentary
Hosted by the world-renowned geneticist and environmentalist, David Suzuki, every week presents stories that are driven by a scientific understanding of the world.

17 episodes

Season Premiere

1990-10-04T00:00:00Z

31x01 The Green Quiz

Season Premiere

31x01 The Green Quiz

  • 1990-10-04T00:00:00Z45m

Season premiere: This special quiz from The Nature of Things tests viewer's knowledge of the environment, touching on topics ranging from global warming and the population explosion to compost boxes and toxic chemicals in the home.

1990-10-11T00:00:00Z

31x02 Crying Wolf

31x02 Crying Wolf

  • 1990-10-11T00:00:00Z45m

The controversial issue of wolf control in Canada.

Ghana prospers by recycling car parts, and Herschel Island, off the Yukon coast, shelters life during the brief Arctic summer.

The acquisition of a second long in young children and adults.

1990-11-08T01:00:00Z

31x05 The Bug Man of Ithaca

31x05 The Bug Man of Ithaca

  • 1990-11-08T01:00:00Z45m

A look at Cornell University's Professor Tom Eisner and his study of the insect world.

1990-11-15T01:00:00Z

31x06 A Change of Heart

31x06 A Change of Heart

  • 1990-11-15T01:00:00Z45m

Documentary about the operation of the heart transplant is not as uncommon before, but that remains a difficult step for both the patient and the doctor. We can follow two patients and their doctors teams for a period of 7 months at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal.

Examines what is predictable and what is random in nature, and the state of chaos which is between the two, including fractal geometry.

1990-11-29T01:00:00Z

31x08 Vietnam - After the Fire

31x08 Vietnam - After the Fire

  • 1990-11-29T01:00:00Z45m

The efforts of the Vietnamese to restore their environment greatly poisoned by the use of various
toxic products, such Agent Orange, a high content of dioxin herbicide used during the war with the Americans.

Documentary about the Haida people of British Columbia who is desperately trying to preserve its environment against encroachment
forestry companies.

1991-01-03T01:00:00Z

31x10 The Sisterhood

31x10 The Sisterhood

  • 1991-01-03T01:00:00Z45m

Observation of the social organization of the hyena, in which the female predominates.

1991-01-10T01:00:00Z

31x11 Salt of the Earth

31x11 Salt of the Earth

  • 1991-01-10T01:00:00Z45m

Reportage on the place of salt in the world.

1991-01-17T01:00:00Z

31x12 The Day of Reckoning

31x12 The Day of Reckoning

  • 1991-01-17T01:00:00Z45m

The importance increasingly great for IT as a tool for dissemination of knowledge.

1991-01-31T01:00:00Z

31x13 The Cholesterol Factor

31x13 The Cholesterol Factor

  • 1991-01-31T01:00:00Z45m

Folder on the cholesterol produced Biochemical which, when ingested in large quantities , is a factor binds to coronary heart disease.

1991-02-21T01:00:00Z

31x14 Second Wind

31x14 Second Wind

  • 1991-02-21T01:00:00Z45m

Susan McKellor profile who suffers from cystic fibrosis, hereditary disease whose gene was recently discovered. Mother of two children and career woman, energy and enthusiasm she has is a source of inspiration for the people around her.

1991-03-07T01:00:00Z

31x15 Here be Dragons

31x15 Here be Dragons

  • 1991-03-07T01:00:00Z45m

Documentary about the crocodile that lives in the Serengeti plain on the banks of the Grumeti River, Africa.

Documentary about the degradation North-America's Grasslands.

PUTTING YOU IN THE PICTURES
The story of four Canadian inventors
who have developed the IMAX system and its
successor, the OMNIMAX.
MARMOTS
Short documentary on the marmot, an endangered species.

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