The Nature of Things · SEASON 20
High altitude Physiology / The Vision of Galileo / Dust Storms
Episode 14 · 1980-02-27
- Documentary
Episode overview
Technological developments involving man's survival at high altitudes; a look at the life of Galileo, Italian astronomer, mathematician and physicist, including recreation of some of his experiments; and an examination of the global meteorological effects of Sahara dust storms
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
