Horizon
This long-running science series explores big questions and surprising discoveries, unpacking mysteries across topics from astronomy to psychology and beyond. Guided by expert voices, it aims to make complex ideas clear while taking viewers into unfamiliar worlds and fresh ways of thinking.
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Season 1
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E1
The World of Buckminster Fuller
Horizon follows the work of R. Buckminster Fuller and his research of the geodesic dome.
Feb 4, 1964 -
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E2
Pesticides and Posterity
Dr. Frank Darling and Dr. Eric Edson discuss different environmental priorities.
May 30, 1964 -
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E3
A Candle to Nature
A reconstruction of a Michael Faraday lecture last given in December 1860.
Jun 27, 1964 -
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E4
Strangeness Minus Three
Horizon explores the findings of physicists at Brookhaven, Long Island, New York. Who, after two years and thousands of photographs, have identified a predicted new particle which has a unique characteristic: 'strangeness minus three'.
Jul 25, 1964 -
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E5
The Air of Science
Horizon looks at the work of the National Institute for Medical Research.
Aug 22, 1964 -
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E6
The Knowledge Explosion
Prof. Arthur C. Clarke, Derek Price and Nigel Balchin discuss the past and future of science.
Sep 21, 1964 -
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E7
The Amateur Scientist
The work of amateur scientists.
Oct 19, 1964 -
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E8
Tots and Quods and Woodgeries
Horizon investigates the 'Tots and Quots' and the 'Woodgeries' two groups set up by scientists before the second world war to discuss the future of science and how it effects society.
Nov 16, 1964 -
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E9
Science, Toys and Magic
Horizon takes a look at science in the spirit of Christmas.
Dec 14, 1964