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The Nature of Things

Season 21 · Episode 15

Sri Lanka: Island of Serendib

0.0February 18, 1981

A documentary on Sri Lanka, its wildlife and culture and the changes taking place as technological development erodes traditional ways of life.

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Episode 1Volcanoes / Hovercraft / Curve Balls / Windshear / Xerography
Episode 2Cystic Fibrosis / Whooping Crane / Cold-Water Survival
Episode 3Skin – The Bare Necessity / Manatees / Ludhiana
Episode 4Tar Wars
Episode 5Going Without Gas / Surface Tension / Science Fair
Episode 6China Now – Its Roots in the Past (Part 1 of 2)
Episode 7China Now – The Four Modernizations (Part 2 of 2)
Episode 8

Success Story / Sickle Cell Anemia

Episode 9Freak Waves / Invisible Astronomy / Hildebrand

Episode 10Prenatal Diagnosis / Hearing in Chinchillas

Episode 11AAAS Report / One of the Family / Oyster Culture

Episode 12Birds' Eggs / Newfoundland Oil / John Polanyi

Episode 13Poisoned Playgrounds / Charlie

Episode 14The Moving Still

Episode 15Sri Lanka: Island of Serendib

Episode 16Blackfly / Desalination / Memory – Come to think of it / Dr. Karl Illmensee

Episode 17The Foxes' Earth