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Seasons: 51
Total Episodes: 980
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Networks: PBS
Status: Returning Series
First Air Date: Mar 3, 1974
Recent Air Date: Apr 3, 2024
Run Time: m
In Production: Yes
Original Language: English
Age Rating: TV-PG
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Production Companies: GBH
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Episodes
Episode 1
15 January 1985 - Edgerton and His Incredible Seeing Machines
NOVA explores the fascinating world of Dr. Harold Edgerton, electronics wizard and inventor extraordinaire, whose invention of the electronic strobe, a "magic lamp," has enabled the human eye to see the unseen.
Episode 2
22 January 1985 - Global Village
NOVA presents an in-depth look at India's attempt to use satellite technology to leapfrog into the era of space-age communication and whether it brings benefit or blight to India's villages and rural areas.
Episode 3
29 January 1985 - Conquest of the Parasites
NOVA examines the complex world of parasites, parasitic diseases and the exciting work currently being done by a new breed of medical researchers as they meet the challenge of conquering the world's number one medical problem.
Episode 4
05 February 1985 - In the Land of the Polar Bears
A rare look at the beautiful and desolate Wrangel Island-a Soviet possession 300 miles off the coast of Alaska-as seen through the eyes of Soviet Filmmaker and naturalist Yuri Ledin. Wrangel Island is not only the home to Siberian snow geese, polar foxes and Walruses, but serves as the world's largest denning area for Polar bears.
Episode 5
12 February 1985 - AIDS: Chapter One
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, or AIDS, is a deadly disease that has struck down some 2,000 people in the four years since its discovery. NOVA examines how modern science has been unraveling the mystery of this baffling ailment.
Episode 6
19 February 1985 - The Shape of Things
Sea shells, Crystals, Honeycombs, Eggs and seeds: They are shaped the way they are for a reason. NOVA takes viewers on a unique journey of discovery to find out why things are shaped the way they are and why they work so well.
Episode 7
26 February 1985 - Baby Talk
It's a mystery just how children acquire language. Does the process begin in the womb? And which comes first, language or thought? NOVA explores the fascinating world of baby talk and reveals the latest theories on this remarkable achievement.
Episode 8
05 March 1985 - The Mathematical Mystery Tour
Imagine a bottle with no inside or a number bigger than infinity or parallel lines that meet. Welcome to the world of pure mathematics. NOVA offers a look into a wholly abstract, quirky world of mathematics.
Episode 9
12 March 1985 - Child's Play: Prodigies and Possibilities
What do Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the painter Raphael and chess champion Bobby Fischer have in common? They were all child prodigies. NOVA explores the current efforts to learn more about the nature of giftedness.
Episode 10
19 March 1985 - Monarch of the Mountains
NOVA explores the breeding, migration and survival patterns of the Rocky Mountain elk in a unique film, made totally under natural conditions. Telephoto lenses were used so as not to disturb the animals; filmmakers spent 18 months tracking the elk through the breathtaking Wyoming Rockies.
Episode 11
08 October 1985 - The National Science Test II
In NOVA's special sequel to 1984's National Science Test, viewers can match wits with celebrity panelists David Attenborough, Michelle Johnson, Edwin Newman and Alvin Poussaint and a live studio audience. Art Fleming hosts.
Episode 12
15 October 1985 - Seeds of Tomorrow
NOVA examines worldwide efforts of scientists who employ aggressive agricultural technologies to ensure food for the future.
Episode 13
22 October 1985 - What Einstein Never Knew
Albert Einstein did not live to find the answer. NOVA follows a new generation of physicists in their search to explain the mystery of the universe.
Episode 14
29 October 1985 - The Robot Revolution?
How are the computer and the robot affecting the way we work? NOVA chronicles the new industrial revolution reshaping the American workplace.
Episode 15
05 November 1985 - The Magic of Special Effects
NOVA cameras go behind-the-scenes to reveal the new art of illusion, Hollywood-style, focusing on three blockbuster films—Return of the Jedi, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and 2010: The Year We Make Contact.
Episode 16
12 November 1985 - Child Survival: The Silent Emergency
NOVA charts the progress of an ambitious worldwide health program established to save the lives of millions of children who continue to die from common but curable diseases.
Episode 17
19 November 1985 - Tornado!
NOVA follows a chase team—a group of scientists who chart deadly Tornadoes—in an effort to learn more about predicting nature's most powerful and elusive weather phenomenon.
Episode 18
26 November 1985 - The Genetic Gamble
NOVA examines current research and its ethical implications as modern medicine confronts the era of human gene therapy.
Episode 19
03 December 1985 - Animal Architects
NOVA examines the intricate world of nature's construction industry and presents rare footage of unusual habits.
Episode 20
17 December 1985 - The Plane that Changed the World
NOVA joins the 50th anniversary celebration of the DC-3—the plane that revolutionized commercial air travel, served gallantly in World War II and is called the most important plane ever built.
Crew
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John Angier
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Producer |
Paula S. Apsell
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