2x1 - Looking Ahead

January 4, 1962

2x3 - To Educate a Scientist

January 18, 1962

2x4 - The Situation Is Fluid

January 25, 1962

2x5 - Gallstones

February 1, 1962

2x6 - The Upper Mantle Project

February 8, 1962

2x7 - The Physics of Music

February 22, 1962

2x8 - Survival

March 1, 1962

An appraisal of the probable effects of a large-scale nuclear blast over a North American city. Dr. Tom Stonier of the Rockefeller Institute of Government discusses what can be expected to happen to people and property as a result of such a blast.

2x9 - Man and the Moon

March 8, 1962

2x10 - Hibernating Molecules

March 15, 1962

Hosts Dr. Donald Ivey and Dr. Patterson Hume talk about conditions at extremely cold temperatures, when matter 'hibernates' and molecular action slows almost to a complete stop, and how this allows physicists to study the basic structure of matter.

2x11 - Monkey Curiosity

March 29, 1962

2x12 - Spermatozoa

April 5, 1962

Lord Rothschild of the University of Cambridge describes the results of his research in the field of spermatozoa

2x13 - Animals With Feathers

April 12, 1962

Dr. William Swinton, head of the Royal Ontario Museum's Life Sciences Department, and John Livingston, executive director of the National Audubon Society, trace the history of birds

2x14 - Getting the Upper Hand

April 26, 1962

2x15 - Thinking about Math

May 3, 1962

Host Lister Sinclair discusses the thinking that goes into the science of mathematics. Using animated film and studio demonstrations, he explains Mathematical logic

2x16 - The Plague

May 10, 1962

2x17 - Instant Heat

May 17, 1962

Co-hosted by Drs. Patterson Hume and Donald Ivey, of the University of Toronto. They show how electricity can be produced directly from heat, and vice versa, and discuss the difficulties of transforming thermal energy into electrical energy.

2x18 - A Science Newsreel

May 24, 1962

2x19 - Learning

June 7, 1962

2x20 - A Bang-Up Job

June 21, 1962

2x21 - Out of Africa

June 28, 1962

2x22 - Count on Me

July 5, 1962

Computers are given the once-over by Drs. Donald Ivey and Patterson Hume.

2x23 - Blood in the Balance

July 19, 1962

2x24 - Episode 24

July 26, 1962

Examines work of Dr. William Sheldon, who has spent 30 years gathering statistics about the human physique, classifying body types, and correlating this information to medical and psychiatric studies