The Nature of Things (also, The Nature of Things with David Suzuki) is a Canadian television series of documentary programs. It debuted on CBC Television on November 6, 1960. Many of the programs document nature and the effect that humans have on it. The program "was one of the first mainstream programs to present scientific evidence on a number of environmental issues, including nuclear power and genetic engineering".MacDowell, Laurel Sefton. 2012. An environmental history of Canada. Vancouver: UBC Press. Page 248 The series is named after an epic poem by Roman philosopher Lucretius: "De rerum natura" – On the Nature of Things.
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1967 Canadian Wildlife Special Thursdays at 10:30 pm Length 30 minutes TitleBroadcast dateEpisode
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See also List of Equinox episodes
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