Horizon S03E12 · Man meets Duck / The Picture Machines

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Gordon Taylor meets with Konrad Lorenz, the inventor of ethology, and interviews him about his work on animal instinct and his theories about human instinct. The world knows all about the uncanny mathematical abilities of the computer. But what happens when these machines learn to draw?

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1. 1 1. Windows of the Soul / Elixir of Youth1966-01-02 · 1h 0mHorizon follows experiments on the eyes being undertaken at the Department of Psychology at the University of Chicago. The purpose of the experiments are to discover if our eyes ca
2. 2 2. The Troubled Mind / Triple-A. S.1966-01-16 · 1h 0mHorizon explores an American mental hospital, observing schizophrenic patients under treatment with remarkable new drugs. The American equivalent of the British Association, the A
3. 3 3. A Man of Two Visions / The Scientist Applied1966-01-30 · 1h 0mA profile of Dr. Albert Copley, the famous hematologist, who is also known as an accomplished artist under the name of Alcopley. For a country striving to raise its productivity,
4. 4 4. The Dolphins that Joined The Navy / A Theory of The Earth1966-02-13 · 1h 0mHorizon looks at the research of dolphins being conducted at a United States naval base in Port Magu, California. The research concentrates on the dolphin's abilities of navigation
5. 5 5. Route 1281966-02-27 · 1h 0mNorth of Boston, on Route 128, a new industrial landscape based on science is developing. Here men of high intellectual qualifications are developing way-out products, including a
6. 6 6. The Beginning of Life / Science Friction1966-03-13 · 1h 0mA remarkable Swedish film of the gradual development of the human embryo from fertilisation until birth. One man's impression of what science has done for the modern world: an ani
7. 7 7. So you want to be an Inventor? / The Severed Hand1966-03-27 · 1h 0mHorizon looks into inventors who struggle against exploding technology, the buying power of great industries and taxation problems to make their leaps into the unknown. An account
8. 8 8. Chance and Decay / Meteorite Mystery1966-04-10 · 1h 0mEurope's heritage of pictures, statues, and buildings is being destroyed at a frightening rate by atmospheric pollution, but an American scientist has just invented a method of pre
9. 9 9. Towers of Ilium / The Exploding City1966-04-24 · 1h 0mThe location of the historic city of Troy was finally pinned down by the researches of Carl Blegen. By A.D. 2,000, more than half the world's population may be living in cities. T
10. 10 10. Man in Space1966-05-08 · 40mHorizon travels to the spacecraft center in Houston, Texas to study astronauts in space and how they react to being in space and the stresses of launching and re-entry.
11. 11 11. Destination Mars / Editors in Conference"1966-05-22 · 1h 0mHorizon looks at the possibilities of landing a man on the planet Mars. The Editors of two leading scientific magazines, Dennis Flanagan of the Scientific American, and Nigel Cald
12. 12 12. Man meets Duck / The Picture Machines1966-06-05 · 1h 0mGordon Taylor meets with Konrad Lorenz, the inventor of ethology, and interviews him about his work on animal instinct and his theories about human instinct. The world knows all a
13. 13 13. Where must the Money Go? / Phantoms Incorporated1966-06-19 · 1h 0mHorizon explores substitute 'phantoms' which are used in radiation studies, manned spaceflight experiments and accident research that gives valuable information on the limits of to
14. 14 14. Genes in Action / Scientists and War1966-07-03 · 1h 0mDr. John Gurdon talks about the action of the chromosomes puffing when they undergo intense genetic activity. Sir Solly Zuckerman talks about his new book Scientists and War which
15. 15 15. The Lonely Children1966-07-17 · 1h 0mHorizon investigates the research conducted in England and America on the problems associated with autistic children.
16. 16 16. Man of Science / 'Nature' Tomorrow1966-07-31 · 1h 0mThis episode of Horizon reports on the famous science fiction writer, H. G. Wells. An interview with John Maddox, the new editor of one of the world's most influential scientific
17. 17 17. M.I.T.'s ABC / The Disturbed Child1966-09-25 · 1h 0mHorizon reports on the the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Many parents know that their child has a problem but do not have the necessary insight to deal with it. A psychia
18. 18 18. Ten Years in the Antarctic1966-10-10 · 1h 0mHorizon looks at the scientific research being carried out in the Antarctic under the guidance the Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research (SCAR) which was formed in 1856.
19. 19 19. The Athlete1966-10-24 · 1h 0mHorizon investigates the stresses on athletes.
20. 20 20. From Peenemunde to the Moon1966-11-07 · 1h 0mChristopher Chataway presents a program on the development of the rocket, first as a weapon, and then for the American space program.
21. 21 21. Sex-Change?1966-11-21 · 1h 0mDoctors and psychologists talk about the problems inherent in the determination of sex.
22. 22 22. The Structure of Life1966-12-05 · 1h 0mThis program shows the work of Ernst Chain, one of the discoverers of antibiotics, now a Professor of Biochemistry at the Imperial College in London.
23. 23 23. The Wages of Science1966-12-19 · 1h 0mThe survival of Britain as an industrial power depends of science and on scientists. But are our scientists paid enough to attract them into the right jobs?