Horizon S02E07 · Restless Genius / Faster, Farther, Higher

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Prof. Andrade presents a tribute to Robert Hooke: architect, astronomer, geologist, and meteorologist who discovered the cell. This episode also includes a report on a 36 year study of the cell wall by Prof. Preston.

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1. 1 1. Learning from Machines1965-01-06 · 1h 0mAt a time when the use of teaching machines is fast expanding, Horizon looks at the principles behind them and enquires into their success
2. 2 2. The Technique of Change1965-01-20 · 1h 0mHorizon profiles the Bell Laboratories in the United States. They are one of the most important research and development centers where more than 4000 scientists work with a budget
3. 3 3. Star Gazers1965-02-03 · 1h 0mHorizon explores American plans to launch a space observatory to map the universe and learn how stars are created.
4. 4 4. Science and Art1965-02-17 · 1h 0mHorizon looks at the relationship between science and art, and also explores artists attitudes towards science.
5. 5 5. The Great Computer Scandal / H-Bomb Detectors1965-03-03 · 1h 0mHorizon investigates the states of big research computers in Britain. Also, Horizon looks at the H-Bomb Detectors and how British scientists have developed a nuclear explosion dete
6. 6 6. Forbidden Events / I am a Madman1965-03-17 · 1h 0mIs there a fifth force in the Universe, or must we revise our ideas about time? Horizon visits the Rutherford High Energy Laboratory where an experiment is running to settle this,
7. 7 7. Restless Genius / Faster, Farther, Higher1965-03-31 · 1h 0mProf. Andrade presents a tribute to Robert Hooke: architect, astronomer, geologist, and meteorologist who discovered the cell. This episode also includes a report on a 36 year stud
8. 8 8. The Other Side of the Pill1965-04-14 · 1h 0mEvery day, on average, another 431 British women start taking the contraceptive pill. The manufacturers insist that it is the most carefully tested drug on the market today. But so
9. 9 9. The Big Smoke / The Model Makers1965-05-12 · 1h 0mNine years after the passing of the Clean Air Act, where do we stand? Scientists are gradually finding out why dirty air Is so harmful to ill persons with Dr. P. J. Lawther of Air
10. 10 10. The Long Slide / Men with Gills1965-05-26 · 1h 0mWhen a rubber tyre rolls fast on a wet surface it may rise on a film of water and begin to 'aquaplane.' Scientists are studying this fact which creates a real hazard to aircraft pa
11. 11 11. Men and Sharks / Sir Henry Dale, OM, FRS1965-06-09 · 1h 0mHorizon looks at Prof. Perry Gilbert's research on captured sharks and meets with the eminent physiologist Sir Henry Dale as he celebrates his 90th birthday and looks back on his c
12. 12 12. The Brain Gain / The Sudden Night / Learning to Speak1965-06-23 · 1h 0mDr. Jacob Bronowski, who a year ago took up the deputy directorship of the Salk Institute in California, discusses with Tom Rosenthal his new activities and how he feels about work
13. 13 13. Dr. Joseph Needham / Mariner IV1965-07-14 · 1h 0mThis episode of Horizon features Dr. Joseph Needham, an eminent scientist and humanist who is perhaps the greatest living authority on China. An account of the space probe Mariner
14. 14 14. Science Fiction : Science Fact? / Alone and Unarmed1965-07-28 · 1h 0mIs all science fiction merely fantasy - or can it give valuable clues to the future? A discussion between Desmond Morris and the ethologist George Schaller.
15. 15 15. Certain of Uncertainty / State of Nature1965-08-11 · 1h 0mThe four men who opened up a new field of physics: Max Born, Paul Dirac, Werner Heisenberg and George Thompson meet and discuss topic with John Charap at the annual science confere
16. 16 16. Time Stood Still / Weighty Matters1965-08-25 · 1h 0mProfessor Harold Edgerton of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who has won international recognition for his achievements in ultra-high-speed photography, talks about his
17. 17 17. Fuel for the Future / Collector's Piece1965-09-08 · 1h 0mHorizon interviews Prof. Andrade about his collection of rare scientific books which he was about to sell.
18. 18 18. Let Newton Be1965-09-22 · 1h 0mOn the 300th anniversary of Isaac Newton's greatest year of discovery, one of his most ardent disciples, Prof. Julius Summer-Miller, comes from California to illustrate the excitem
19. 19 19. Special Senses / Toil, Sweat & Tears1965-10-10 · 1h 0mWhat sort of person can invent a 3-D microscope, a new way of photographing the moon, publish fifty papers on perception, and spend three weeks hunting for a minute sea creature to
20. 20 20. An Affair of the Heart1965-10-24 · 1h 0mHorizon explores heart attacks and thrombosis.
21. 21 21. 10,000 Tombs1965-11-07 · 1h 0mHorizon probes into the Etruscan tombs in Italy. Carlo Lerici, scientist and archaeologist, has brought past and future together. Using geophysical methods intended for mineral su
22. 22 22. Albert Szent-Györgyi M.D., Ph.D., D.h.c.1965-11-21 · 1h 0mHorizon profiles the scientist, polymath, and Nobel prize winner Prof. Albert Szent-Gyorgi.
23. 23 23. The Big Dishes / The Living Stream1965-12-05 · 1h 0mA look at some of the huge new radio telescopes which have recently started work in Britain, France, Russia, America, and elsewhere. Sir Bernard Lovell, Professor Martin Ryle, and
24. 24 24. Boys on Bubbles / Problems and Puzzles1966-09-25 · 1h 0mHorizon re-stages highlights from Professor C. V. Boys's famous Christmas lectures on bubbles and surface tension which drew crowds to the London Institution sixty-six years ago. T