Science documentaries about various topics.
A weekly documentary series, each episode providing an in-depth look at a different subject of scientific research. Subjects examined by this show have included the cutting edge of theoretical physics, a return to the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, the long-term effects of Amazon deforestation, and the development of life-saving medical techniques.
Aired: Jan 5, 1977 NOVA traces the development of Hitler's V-2 rocket through rare footage obtai...
Aired: Jan 12, 1977 If you were a dinosaur scientist, what would you do with a pile of fossil bon...
Aired: Jan 19, 1977 What is the price we are prepared to pay for coal? NOVA looks at the environm...
Aired: Feb 2, 1977 Is the sun static or does it vary, and if it varies how does that affect the ...
Aired: Feb 9, 1977 NOVA follows the lives of three boys who have combined immuned deficiency—a d...
Aired: Feb 23, 1977 NOVA recreates March 1975 at Brown's Ferry, an Alabama nuclear power plant—th...
Aired: Mar 2, 1977 NOVA looks at blackbirds, their winter habit of nesting in the millions, and ...
Aired: Mar 9, 1977 NOVA profiles chemist Russell Marker who made the birth control pill possible...
Aired: Mar 16, 1977 NOVA explores the history of genetic engineering and the possible risks and b...
Aired: Mar 23, 1977 NOVA investigates the controversial theory of Harvard University biologist E....
Aired: Mar 30, 1977 In the winter of 1976-77, 80 percent of the wolf population in Northwest Alas...
Aired: Apr 20, 1977 Solar energy is increasingly popular as a home heating source. But only recen...
13. The Business of Extinction
Aired: Apr 20, 1977NOVA explores the huge international illegal trade in animals, penetrates the...
Aired: Apr 27, 1977 NOVA traces 300 years of speculation, investigation and discovery that have c...
Aired: May 11, 1977 In part one of this two-part exploration of the diversity of world languages,...
Aired: May 18, 1977 In part two of this two-part series on the diversity of language, NOVA explor...
17. Linus Pauling: Crusading Scientist
Aired: Jun 1, 1977NOVA profiles Linus Pauling—the only person to have received two unshared Nob...
Aired: Jun 22, 1977 NOVA explores the different means by which hearing-impaired people have learn...
Aired: Jun 29, 1977 NOVA explores the delibitating diseases that are often caused by poverty and ...
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