The Romance of Science

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The Romance of Science
Genrescience
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes13
Production
Running time30 minutes
Production companyNiagara Film Productions
Release
Original network CBC Television
Original release5 June (1960-06-05) –
28 August 1960 (1960-08-28)

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

Contents

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]

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References

  1. ↑ Corcelli, John (May 2005). "The Romance of Science". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 24 December 2011.
  2. ↑ "Sunday: Program notes - highlights". Ottawa Citizen . 11 June 1960. p. TV Weekly 2. Retrieved 24 December 2011.
  3. ↑ "Sunday highlights". Ottawa Citizen . 25 June 1960. p. TV Weekly 2. Retrieved 24 December 2011.
  4. ↑ "Sunday highlights". Ottawa Citizen . 6 August 1960. p. TV Weekly 2. Retrieved 24 December 2011.
  5. ↑ "Sunday highlights". Ottawa Citizen . 20 August 1960. p. TV Weekly 2. Retrieved 24 December 2011.
  6. ↑ "Sunday highlights". Ottawa Citizen . 27 August 1960. p. TV Weekly 2. Retrieved 24 December 2011.
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