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Horizon: 1965

24 episodes · first aired Jan 6, 1965

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  1. 1 Learning from Machines Jan 6, 1965 · 1h At a time when the use of teaching machines is fast expanding, Horizon looks at the principles behind them and enquires into their success
  2. 2 The Technique of Change Jan 20, 1965 · 1h Horizon profiles the Bell Laboratories in the United States. They are one of the most important research and development centers where more than 4000 scientists work with a budget of one…
  3. 3 Star Gazers Feb 3, 1965 · 1h Horizon explores American plans to launch a space observatory to map the universe and learn how stars are created.
  4. 4 Science and Art Feb 17, 1965 · 1h Horizon looks at the relationship between science and art, and also explores artists attitudes towards science.
  5. 5 The Great Computer Scandal / H-Bomb Detectors Mar 3, 1965 · 1h Horizon investigates the states of big research computers in Britain. Also, Horizon looks at the H-Bomb Detectors and how British scientists have developed a nuclear explosion detector…
  6. 6 Forbidden Events / I am a Madman Mar 17, 1965 · 1h Is there a fifth force in the Universe, or must we revise our ideas about time? Horizon visits the Rutherford High Energy Laboratory where an experiment is running to settle this, and…
  7. 7 Restless Genius / Faster, Farther, Higher Mar 31, 1965 · 1h Prof. Andrade presents a tribute to Robert Hooke: architect, astronomer, geologist, and meteorologist who discovered the cell. This episode also includes a report on a 36 year study of the…
  8. 8 The Other Side of the Pill Apr 14, 1965 · 1h Every day, on average, another 431 British women start taking the contraceptive pill. The manufacturers insist that it is the most carefully tested drug on the market today. But some…
  9. 9 The Big Smoke / The Model Makers May 12, 1965 · 1h Nine years after the passing of the Clean Air Act, where do we stand? Scientists are gradually finding out why dirty air Is so harmful to ill persons with Dr. P. J. Lawther of Air…
  10. 10 The Long Slide / Men with Gills May 26, 1965 · 1h When a rubber tyre rolls fast on a wet surface it may rise on a film of water and begin to 'aquaplane.' Scientists are studying this fact which creates a real hazard to aircraft passengers…
  11. 11 Men and Sharks / Sir Henry Dale, OM, FRS Jun 9, 1965 · 1h Horizon looks at Prof. Perry Gilbert's research on captured sharks and meets with the eminent physiologist Sir Henry Dale as he celebrates his 90th birthday and looks back on his career in…
  12. 12 The Brain Gain / The Sudden Night / Learning to Speak Jun 23, 1965 · 1h Dr. Jacob Bronowski, who a year ago took up the deputy directorship of the Salk Institute in California, discusses with Tom Rosenthal his new activities and how he feels about working in…
  13. 13 Dr. Joseph Needham / Mariner IV Jul 14, 1965 · 1h This episode of Horizon features Dr. Joseph Needham, an eminent scientist and humanist who is perhaps the greatest living authority on China. An account of the space probe Mariner IV which…
  14. 14 Science Fiction : Science Fact? / Alone and Unarmed Jul 28, 1965 · 1h Is all science fiction merely fantasy - or can it give valuable clues to the future? A discussion between Desmond Morris and the ethologist George Schaller.
  15. 15 Certain of Uncertainty / State of Nature Aug 11, 1965 · 1h The four men who opened up a new field of physics: Max Born, Paul Dirac, Werner Heisenberg and George Thompson meet and discuss topic with John Charap at the annual science conference in…
  16. 16 Time Stood Still / Weighty Matters Aug 25, 1965 · 1h Professor Harold Edgerton of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who has won international recognition for his achievements in ultra-high-speed photography, talks about his work and…
  17. 17 Fuel for the Future / Collector's Piece Sep 8, 1965 · 1h Horizon interviews Prof. Andrade about his collection of rare scientific books which he was about to sell.
  18. 18 Let Newton Be Sep 22, 1965 · 1h On the 300th anniversary of Isaac Newton's greatest year of discovery, one of his most ardent disciples, Prof. Julius Summer-Miller, comes from California to illustrate the excitement of…
  19. 19 Special Senses / Toil, Sweat & Tears Oct 10, 1965 · 1h What sort of person can invent a 3-D microscope, a new way of photographing the moon, publish fifty papers on perception, and spend three weeks hunting for a minute sea creature to see how…
  20. 20 An Affair of the Heart Oct 24, 1965 · 1h Horizon explores heart attacks and thrombosis.
  21. 21 10,000 Tombs Nov 7, 1965 · 1h Horizon probes into the Etruscan tombs in Italy. Carlo Lerici, scientist and archaeologist, has brought past and future together. Using geophysical methods intended for mineral surveying…
  22. 22 Albert Szent-Györgyi M.D., Ph.D., D.h.c. Nov 21, 1965 · 1h Horizon profiles the scientist, polymath, and Nobel prize winner Prof. Albert Szent-Gyorgi.
  23. 23 The Big Dishes / The Living Stream Dec 5, 1965 · 1h A look at some of the huge new radio telescopes which have recently started work in Britain, France, Russia, America, and elsewhere. Sir Bernard Lovell, Professor Martin Ryle, and M…
  24. 24 Boys on Bubbles / Problems and Puzzles Sep 25, 1966 · 1h Horizon re-stages highlights from Professor C. V. Boys's famous Christmas lectures on bubbles and surface tension which drew crowds to the London Institution sixty-six years ago. Then, a…