Horizon

1964

9 episodes · premiered Feb 4, 1964

Where to watch Horizon

  1. E1 The World of Buckminster Fuller

    Feb 4, 1964 · 1h

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

  2. E2 Pesticides and Posterity

    May 30, 1964 · 1h

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

  3. E3 A Candle to Nature

    Jun 27, 1964 · 1h

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

  4. E4 Strangeness Minus Three

    Jul 25, 1964 · 1h

    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. E5 The Air of Science

    Aug 22, 1964 · 1h

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

  6. E6 The Knowledge Explosion

    Sep 21, 1964 · 1h

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

  7. E7 The Amateur Scientist

    Oct 19, 1964 · 1h

    The work of amateur scientists.

  8. E8 Tots and Quods and Woodgeries

    Nov 16, 1964 · 1h

    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. E9 Science, Toys and Magic

    Dec 14, 1964 · 1h

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