The Nature of Things · SEASON 20
Crocodile City / Spanish Galleons / World's Largest Windmill / Cement
Episode 13 · 1980-02-20

- Documentary
Episode overview
This magazine edition includes four segments: a look at Lamanai (Crocodile City), built by the Maya of Belize between 400 and 300 BC, as it was being excavated by David Pendergast of the Royal Ontario Museum, assisted by other specialists and a work-force of direct descendants of the Maya; Spanish Galleons: A look at the recent discovery and exploration of Spanish treasure ships wrecked off the coast of Texas four centuries ago, and techniques used in identifying encrusted objects; World's Largest Windmill: Students and teachers of a Danish Folk School have built a windmill 75 meters high that produces 2,000 kilowatts of electricity, and Cement: A look at the properties of cement.
Season 20 episodes
1. Flying Circus of Physics / Immune System / Monarch Butterfly / Contact Lenses1979-10-24
2. Hypnosis / India's Sacred Cows / Ultra Sound Scanne1979-10-31
3. Madagascar: Island of the Moon1979-11-07
4. Puppets / One, Two, Three, Zero / New Wave Babies1979-11-14
5. Contact1979-11-21
6. Deep Diving / Memory: Come to Think of It1979-11-28
7. Arctic Oil1979-12-05
8. Clinical Trials / Folk Medicine / Magnetic Bacteria1979-12-12
9. Left Brain, Right Brain1979-12-19
10. Insects / Oyster Culture / Science Fairs1979-12-26
11. Memories From Eden1980-01-02
12. Paul Jacobs and the Nuclear Gang1980-02-06
13. Crocodile City / Spanish Galleons / World's Largest Windmill / Cement1980-02-20
14. High altitude Physiology / The Vision of Galileo / Dust Storms1980-02-27
15. Seal Psychology / Chiricahuas / Violins1980-03-05