Nova

Season 1 Episode 11: The Case of the Midwife Toad

51 Seasons May 12, 1974 TV-PG 55m 8.7

When Paul Kammerer committed suicide in 1926, it was taken by most of his fellow biologists as a tacit admission of guilt that he had faked his experiments purporting to show the inheritance of acquired characteristics. Arthur Koestler joins NOVA in an in-depth examination of Kammerer's infamous experiment.

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Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 4 The Search for Life

4. The Search for Life

Aired: Mar 24, 1974

Does life exist outside this planet? The Viking lander will set down on Mars ...

Episode 5 Last of the Cuiva

5. Last of the Cuiva

Aired: Mar 31, 1974

How does a primitive nomadic tribe of the Amazon basin cope with the encroach...

Episode 6 Strange Sleep

6. Strange Sleep

Aired: Apr 7, 1974

The story honored the men who revolutionized medicine in the 19th century by ...

Episode 7 Crab Nebula

7. Crab Nebula

Aired: Apr 14, 1974

In 1054 AD, the Chinese recorded the explosion of a star so bright that it li...


Info about Nova

Current Status: Returning Series

Network: PBS

Production Country: United States

Genres: Documentary