The Romance of Science explained

Genre:science
Country:Canada
Language:English
Channel:CBC Television
Num Seasons:1
Num Episodes:13
Runtime:30 minutes
Company:Niagara Film Productions

The Romance of Science is a Canadian scientific television series which aired on CBC Television in 1960.

Premise

Each episode featured dramatic portrayals of noted scientists. Niagara Film Productions produced the series for CBC Television.[1]

Scheduling

Half-hour episodes were broadcast on Sundays at 5:30 p.m. (Eastern) from 5 June to 28 August 1960.

Episodes

  1. 5 June 1960: James Watt and his improvements to steam engine technology
  2. 12 June 1960: Michael Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction, starring William Needles[2]
  3. John Dalton and his contributions to atomic theory
  4. 26 June 1960: Carl Friedrich Gauss and his mathematical works such as statistics[3]
  5. 3 July 1960: Physicist Hermann von Helmholtz (Norman Ettlinger) and his development of electrodynamics
  6. 10 July 1960: Chemist Antoine Lavoisier (Lloyd Bochner)
  7. 17 July 1960: Charles Darwin (Michael Kane), inventor of evolutionary theory
  8. 24 July 1960: Gottfried Leibniz and his development of infinitesimal calculus, starring Ivor Barry and Mavor Moore
  9. 31 July 1960: Johannes Kepler and his work in mathematics and astronomy
  10. 7 August 1960: Carl Linnaeus and his invention of the binary taxonomy of plants[4]
  11. 14 August 1960: Engineer and physicist William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin
  12. 21 August 1960: Inventor and physicist Benjamin Thompson (Count Rumford) and his theories on heat[5]
  13. 28 August 1960: Sigmund Freud (Gilles Pelletier) and his development of psychoanalysis[6]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Romance of Science . John . Corcelli . May 2005 . Canadian Communications Foundation . 24 December 2011 .
  2. News: Sunday: Program notes - highlights . Ottawa Citizen. 11 June 1960 . TV Weekly 2 . 24 December 2011.
  3. News: Sunday highlights . Ottawa Citizen. 25 June 1960 . TV Weekly 2 . 24 December 2011.
  4. News: Sunday highlights . Ottawa Citizen. 6 August 1960 . TV Weekly 2 . 24 December 2011.
  5. News: Sunday highlights . 20 August 1960 . Ottawa Citizen. TV Weekly 2 . 24 December 2011.
  6. News: Sunday highlights . Ottawa Citizen. 27 August 1960 . TV Weekly 2 . 24 December 2011.

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