1964 (1964)
Episodes: 9
Star Cast:
Episodes List
Ep.1 The World of Buckminster Fuller
Air Date: 1964-02-04
Horizon follows the work of R. Buckminster Fuller and his research of the geodesic dome.
Ep.2 Pesticides and Posterity
Air Date: 1964-05-30
Dr. Frank Darling and Dr. Eric Edson discuss different environmental priorities.
Ep.3 A Candle to Nature
Air Date: 1964-06-27
A reconstruction of a Michael Faraday lecture last given in December 1860.
Ep.4 Strangeness Minus Three
Air Date: 1964-07-25
Horizon explores the findings of physicists at Brookhaven, Long Island, New York. Who, after two years and thousands of photographs, have identified a predicted new particle which has a unique characteristic: 'strangeness minus three'.
Ep.5 The Air of Science
Air Date: 1964-08-22
Horizon looks at the work of the National Institute for Medical Research.
Ep.6 The Knowledge Explosion
Air Date: 1964-09-21
Prof. Arthur C. Clarke, Derek Price and Nigel Balchin discuss the past and future of science.
Ep.7 The Amateur Scientist
Air Date: 1964-10-19
The work of amateur scientists.
Ep.8 Tots and Quods and Woodgeries
Air Date: 1964-11-16
Horizon investigates the 'Tots and Quots' and the 'Woodgeries' two groups set up by scientists before the second world war to discuss the future of science and how it effects society.
Ep.9 Science, Toys and Magic
Air Date: 1964-12-14
Horizon takes a look at science in the spirit of Christmas.