Horizon 4
1967-01-17 | Documentary | 23 episodes60 Seasons
Episode
Sons of Cain (1967)
Horizon probes into whether aggressiveness is our birthright and can society live without violence?
When Is a Body Dead? / How to Win Friends and Influence People (1967)
Medical advances have made it possible for 'life' to be maintained in an unconscious patient who has irrevocable brain damage and who might also be dependent on artificial aids to circulation and respiration. Is it now meaningless to define 'death' as the cessation of a heart beat? Why do so many people have difficulty In communicating, or in simply getting-on with other people? Psychologists have now begun to analyse aspects of social behaviour in a way which they believe will lead to more pleasant and more effective human relationships.
How Best to Make a Man / How Best to Make a Scientist (1967)
In this episode, Horizon looks at a new school of mathematics and physics near Novosibirsk in Siberia, Russia. This school uses a competition held for Russian school children to qualify new students.
Dynamo - The Life of Michael Faraday (1967)
Horizon profiles the life of the greatest physical scientist: Michael Faraday. Crucial events of his scientific career in science are reconstructed.
Migraine (1967)
Horizon looks at some research recently carried out into the migraine headache and the means to provide treatment for it.