The Nature of Things Season 19 Episodes

Episode 1

Evolution Update

Sun, Sep 24, 1978

Episode 2

Clockwork Atom

Sun, Oct 1, 1978

Episode 3

This Will Do For Today

Sun, Oct 8, 1978

Episode 4

Episode #19.4

Sun, Oct 15, 1978

A study of individual development and group dynamics in a troop of rhesus monkeys in natural observable environment of Cayo Santiago near Puerto Rico.

Episode 5

The Dogon

Sun, Oct 29, 1978

The cliff-dwelling Dogon farmers and their unique culture are studied in their homeland near Niger River in Mali.

Episode 6

Toward The Sun

Sun, Nov 5, 1978

The current efforts in both United States and Canada to harness sun as a major resource of heat and power are examined.

Episode 7

Portrait Of A Market: Sololá

Sun, Nov 12, 1978

The activities of economic and social center of Sololá, located on Lake Atitlán in Guatemala, are viewed.

Episode 8

Sleep

Sun, Nov 26, 1978

Volunteers undergo an experiment at Montefiore Sleep Lab in New York which monitors their sleeping-awakening cycles in an attempt to learn more about body's biological time system.

Episode 9

Dreams

Sun, Dec 3, 1978

Analysis of dreams is viewed at several institutions established expressly for that purpose, and those who participate in experiments are shown.

Episode 10

Charlie

Sun, Dec 17, 1978

"Charlie," a profile of paleontologist Charles Sternberg, who discovered and catalogued dinosaur fossils in Badlands of Alberta.

Episode 11

The Search: Smallpox Eradication

Sun, Dec 24, 1978

"The Search" follows World Health Organization medical teams on their campaign to vaccinate Somali against smallpox.

Episode 12

The Cajuns

Sun, Dec 31, 1978

The history and culture of descendants Acadians from Nova Scotia living along Bayou Lafourche in Louisiana.