Nova

Season 1 Episode 12: Fusion: The Energy of Promise

51 Seasons May 19, 1974 TV-PG 1h 8.7

Nuclear fusion offers the promises of an unlimited, clean source of energy. But achieving fusion has proved one of the most difficult and elusive goals of the physicist. NOVA tells the story of the twists and turns and the international competition along the road toward the achievement of fusion; and details the recent breakthroughs which seem at last to have brought it within reach.

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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