Horizon · S22 · E8
What Einstein Never Knew
This documentary by Horizon attempts to explain the advances in physics in the search for the ultimate equation that explains the meaning of life, the universe, and everything else in existence.
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This documentary by Horizon attempts to explain the advances in physics in the search for the ultimate equation that explains the meaning of life, the universe, and everything else in existence.
Season 22
1Colourful Notions
60 minJan 7, 1985
Documentary about colour perception based on the theories of Dr. Edwin Land, which oppose the long-held three-receptor theory of colour vision
2A World of Their Own
60 minJan 14, 1985
Horizon takes a look at consultant psychiatrists.
3Decoding Danebury
60 minJan 21, 1985
Horizon looks at the way modern archaeologists extract information from a site dig.
4A Mission to Heal
60 minJan 28, 1985
This Horizon episode is about a hospital in the African country of Kenya where the medical staff tells of a new approach to health care among the Pokot tribe.
5Mystery of the Left Hand
60 minFeb 4, 1985
In this episode, Horizon explores the characteristics of left-handed people.
6The Theatre of War
60 minFeb 11, 1985
Horizon examines new military technology which will come to dominate the battlefields of the future.
7The Careful Predator
60 minFeb 25, 1985
This episode of Horizon is about the controversial policy in African nation of Zimbabwe of encouraging villagers to allow wild animals back onto their land.
8What Einstein Never Knew
60 minMar 4, 1985Now viewing
This documentary by Horizon attempts to explain the advances in physics in the search for the ultimate equation that explains the meaning of life, the universe, and everything else in existence.
9Eurekaaargh!
60 minMar 11, 1985
Horizon brings you a report by Robert Symes who offers ten golden guidelines on how to be a successful inventor.
10Careering On
60 minMar 18, 1985
This is a Horizon follow-up report on the careers of seven British teenagers studying Science 'O' levels back in 1978.
11How to Film the Impossible
60 minMar 25, 1985
This episode of Horizon looks at how the world's best special effects technicians create some of Hollywood's most spectacular film scenes.
12The Food Allergy War
60 minApr 1, 1985
Horizon investigates how food allergy has developed from the 1950's to the present.
13The Goddess of the Earth
60 minApr 15, 1985
Horizon examines a hypothesis that life itself manipulates the planet to enhance it's own survival.
14IRAS - The Supercooled Eye
60 minApr 22, 1985
This Horizon documentary examines the Infra-Red Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) which has detected evidence of planetary systems around distant stars.
15A Prize Discovery
60 minApr 29, 1985
Horizon reports on the current medical treatment of Malaria and Leukemia.
16The Wrong Stuff
60 minMay 13, 1985
Eighty per cent of all crashes are caused by 'human error'. Finding out what that means in terms of human behaviour has been called the last great frontier in aviation safety.