← Horizon

1964

25 episodes · 1964

  1. 1

    The World of Buckminster Fuller

    Feb 4, 196460 min★ 7.5

    Horizon follows the work of R. Buckminster Fuller and his research of the geodesic dome.

  2. 2

    Pesticides and Posterity

    May 30, 196460 min

    Dr. Frank Darling and Dr. Eric Edson discuss different environmental priorities.

  3. 3

    A Candle to Nature

    Jun 27, 196460 min

    A reconstruction of a Michael Faraday lecture last given in December 1860.

  4. 4

    Strangeness Minus Three

    Jul 25, 196460 min★ 7.1

    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'.

  5. 5

    The Air of Science

    Aug 22, 196460 min

    Horizon looks at the work of the National Institute for Medical Research.

  6. 6

    The Knowledge Explosion

    Sep 21, 196460 min

    Prof. Arthur C. Clarke, Derek Price and Nigel Balchin discuss the past and future of science.

  7. 7

    The Amateur Scientist

    Oct 19, 196460 min

    The work of amateur scientists.

  8. 8

    Tots and Quods and Woodgeries

    Nov 16, 196460 min

    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.

  9. 9

    Science, Toys and Magic

    Dec 14, 196460 min

    Horizon takes a look at science in the spirit of Christmas.

  10. 10

    Science, Toys and Magic

  11. 11

    Learning from Machines

  12. 12

    The Technique of Change

  13. 13

    The Stargazers

  14. 14

    Science and the Artist

  15. 17

    Restless Genius/Faster Farther, Higher

  16. 18

    The Other Side of the Pill/The Search for the Original Mind

  17. 19

    The ABC of War

  18. 20

    The Big Smoke

  19. 21

    The Long Slide/Men with Gills

  20. 22

    Men and Sharks/Sir Henry Dale

  21. 24

    Dr.Joseph Needham/Mariner IV

  22. 26

    Certain of Uncertainty

  23. 27

    Time Stood Still/Weighty Matters

  24. 28

    Special- Fuel for the Future

  25. 29

    Let Newton Be