Horizon

Season 2 Episode 9: A Man of Two Visions/The Scientist Applied

59 SeasonsMay 12, 1965TV-PG1h8.6

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 Pollution Research Centre at St. Bartholomew's Hospital. Whenever the things they study are too big, too far off, or too hot to handle, scientists can make a model of these-but can they be sure their models truly represent reality?

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Season 2 Episodes:

Episode 1 Special Senses

1. Special Senses

Aired: Jan 6, 1965

At a time when the use of teaching machines is fast expanding, Horizon looks ...

Episode 3 10,000 Tombs

3. 10,000 Tombs

Aired: Feb 3, 1965

Horizon explores American plans to launch a space observatory to map the univ...

Episode 11 Route 128

11. Route 128

Aired: Jun 9, 1965

Horizon looks at Prof. Perry Gilbert's research on captured sharks and meets ...

Episode 16 Man in Space

16. Man in Space

Aired: Aug 25, 1965

Professor Harold Edgerton of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who h...

Episode 21 The Lonely Children

21. The Lonely Children

Aired: Nov 7, 1965

They're called aloof, self-absorbed. They don't meet your eyes, won't be cudd...


Info about Horizon

Current Status: Returning Series

Network: BBC Two

Production Country: United Kingdom

Genres:Documentary