Horizon S04E12 · Cancer - The Smoker's Gamble

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Why is there doubt in so many people's minds about the relationship between lung cancer and smoking? Tonight's programme examines the latest scientific evidence in detail.

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1. 1 1. Sons of Cain1967-01-17 · 1h 0mHorizon probes into whether aggressiveness is our birthright and can society live without violence?
2. 2 2. When Is a Body Dead? / How to Win Friends and Influence People1967-01-31 · 1h 0mMedical advances have made it possible for 'life' to be maintained in an unconscious patient who has irrevocable brain damage and who might also be dependent on artificial aids to
3. 3 3. How Best to Make a Man / How Best to Make a Scientist1967-02-14 · 1h 0mIn this episode, Horizon looks at a new school of mathematics and physics near Novosibirsk in Siberia, Russia. This school uses a competition held for Russian school children to qu
4. 4 4. Dynamo - The Life of Michael Faraday1967-02-28 · 1h 0mHorizon profiles the life of the greatest physical scientist: Michael Faraday. Crucial events of his scientific career in science are reconstructed.
5. 5 5. Migraine1967-03-14 · 1h 0mHorizon looks at some research recently carried out into the migraine headache and the means to provide treatment for it.
6. 6 6. How Safe Is Surgery?1967-03-28 · 1h 0mHorizon probes in the danger of germs and infection in the operating theater and the methods currently used to prevent contamination.
7. 7 7. Sleep and Dreams1967-04-11 · 1h 0mJoel, a healthy young American, is reduced to a restless neurotic state after being deprived of his dreams for three nights. Mr Bates, an eighty-four-year-old ex-milk man, has neve
8. 8 8. The Shape of War to Come1967-04-25 · 1h 0mWill the next major war be fought with biological and chemical weapons? What are the available weapons? What is the horror they can cause? Is there any moral justification for thei
9. 9 9. Memory1967-05-09 · 1h 0mHorizon explores the part of the human brain devoted to memory.
10. 10 10. Masters of the Desert1967-05-23 · 1h 0mHorizon reports on the methods being used to irrigate the Negev Desert, making it fertile based on the methods of ancient civilizations.
11. 11 11. Cancer - The Search for the Virus1967-06-06 · 1h 0mIn this the first of two programmes dealing with cancer, Horizon looks at the intensive search now going on to discover whether a virus is one of the causes of cancer in humans and
12. 12 12. Cancer - The Smoker's Gamble1967-06-20 · 1h 0mWhy is there doubt in so many people's minds about the relationship between lung cancer and smoking? Tonight's programme examines the latest scientific evidence in detail.
13. 13 13. Science and the Supernatural1967-07-04 · 1h 0mHorizon explores the work in the developmental field of Extra Sensory Perception (ESP).
14. 14 14. Hypnosis1967-07-18 · 1h 0mHorizon explores the misconceptions that people have about what hypnosis is and looks at the medical implications of what it can do.
15. 15 15. The War of the Boffins1967-09-12 · 1h 0mDuring the human struggles between the British and German air forces ... another conflict was going on step by step, month by month. This was a secret war whose battles were lost o
16. 17 17. Aspects of Alcohol1967-09-26 · 1h 0mHorizon looks at a Scottish chemist's unusual application for whisky: a measure of radioactive carbon 14 used for determining how old an object is.
17. 18 18. Lords of the Sea1967-10-10 · 1h 0mHorizon looks into how man is learning to survive in the oceans.
18. 19 19. Will Art Last?1967-10-24 · 1h 0mIn this episode, Horizon reports on new materials that are being used as art media by gaining inspiration from factory and industrial processes.
19. 20 20. Air Safety: The Unknown Factor1967-11-17 · 1h 0mHorizon investigates air navigation and flight safety.
20. 21 21. The Life and Death of the Pine Processionary1967-11-21 · 1h 0mHorizon reports on the problem of exterminating the pine processionary caterpillars infestation from the pine forests of Provence, Canada.
21. 22 22. Koestler on Creativity1967-12-05 · 1h 0mArthur Koestler talks about the psychological theories of creativity and the role of the mind in science and art.
22. 23 23. The World of Ted Serios1967-12-12 · 1h 0mHorizon looks into the life of Ted Serios who claims to have psychic powers and to be able to project images onto film using only his thoughts.
23. 24 24. Professor in Toyland1967-12-24 · 1h 0mProf. J. Sumner-Miller asks some questions for enquiring minds on walking, singing, swimming, and flying toys.