The Nature of Things
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The Nature of Things (also, The Nature of Things with David Suzuki) is a Canadian television series which presents episodes examining natural science. It debuted on the CBC on November 6, 1960. Since 1979, it has been hosted by Dr. David Suzuki. [1] Past hosts include Donald Crowdis, Patterson Hume, Donald Ivey and Lister Sinclair. The series has won many awards and Suzuki has won three Gemini Awards and one ACTRA Award as best host.
The television series is named after an epic poem by Roman philosopher Lucretius: "Dē Rērum Nātūrā" — On the Nature of Things.
[edit] Other uses
- "The Nature of Things" was the name of a series of radio programs on the BBC in 1950.
- On The Nature of Things is also a 2000 book on landscape architecture by Gavin Keeney (ISBN 3-7643-6192-1).
[edit] References and notes
- ^ Dr. David Suzuki. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved on 2006-04-17.
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