The Nature of Things S19E11 · The Search

Overview

The Search follows World Health Organization medical teams on their campaign to vaccinate the against smallpox in Somalia, the world's last location where the disease survives.

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1. 1 1. Evolution Update1978-09-24Season premiere: Anthropologist Richard Leakey discusses his work in Africa, and explains the latest techniques by which scientists measure time and age of subjects.
2. 2 2. Clockwork Atom1978-10-01The phenomenon of man's changing concepts of the world is explored in relation to his desire to measure time more accurately.
3. 3 3. This Will Do For Today1978-10-08A series of people of varying ages, professions and experiences express their innermost feelings on subjects ranging from dateless Saturday nights to fear of death.
4. 4 4. Island of Monkeys1978-10-15A study of individual development and group dynamics in a troop of rhesus monkeys in the natural observable environment of Cayo Santiago near Puerto Rico.
5. 5 5. The Dogon1978-10-29The cliff-dwelling Dogon farmers and their unique culture are studied in their homeland near the Niger River in Mali.[261]
6. 6 6. Toward The Sun1978-11-05The current efforts in both the United States and Canada to harness the sun as a major resource of heat and power are examined.
7. 7 7. Portrait Of A Market: Sololá1978-11-12The activities of the economic and social center of Sololá, located on Lake Atitlán in Guatemala, are viewed.[263]
8. 8 8. Sleep (part 1 of 2)1978-11-26Volunteers undergo an experiment at the Montefiore Sleep Lab in New York which monitors their sleeping-awakening cycles in an attempt to learn more about the body's biological time
9. 9 9. Dreams (part 2 of 2)1978-12-03Analysis of dreams is viewed at several institutions established expressly for that purpose, and those who participate in the experiments are shown as they make notations and give
10. 10 10. Charlie1978-12-17Canadian paleontologist Charlie Sternberg and his work in cataloguing dinosaur fossils in the Albertan Badlands are profiled.
11. 11 11. The Search1978-12-24The Search follows World Health Organization medical teams on their campaign to vaccinate the against smallpox in Somalia, the world's last location where the disease survives.
12. 12 12. The Cajuns1978-12-31The descendants of Nova Scotia's Acadians and their lifestyle are profiled at their adopted home, the Bayou Lafourche in southern Louisiana.