Part one of a four-part series on the pioneers of modern surgery relives the early days, when surgery was practiced without the benefit of anaesthesia or antisceptics and patients usually died.
Aired: Jan 19, 1988 Today's sophisticated fighter jets can almost fly themselves, but well-traine...
Aired: Jan 26, 1988 Julia Child introduces NOVA's behind-the-scenes look at how science aids in t...
Aired: Feb 2, 1988 Scientists investigate the frozen remains of members of the 19th century Fran...
Aired: Feb 9, 1988 Airplane fires are often deadly. NOVA looks at efforts to make fires aboard p...
5. Battles in the War on Cancer: A Wonder Drug on Trial
Aired: Feb 23, 1988In part one of a two-part special presentation, NOVA reports on the trials to...
6. Battles in the War on Cancer: Breast Cancer - Turning the Tide
Aired: Mar 1, 1988Breast cancer claims the lives of four American women every hour. Jane Pauley...
7. The Mystery of the Master Builders
Aired: Mar 8, 1988Princeton professor and author Robert Mark tracks down the engineering secret...
Aired: Mar 15, 1988 It was a blustery day in December 1986, and the New England Coast was in the ...
Aired: Mar 22, 1988 NOVA explores the life of Srinivasa Ramanujan, a poor clerk from India who as...
10. Race for the Superconductor
Aired: Mar 29, 1988NOVA charts an electronics revolution in the making as Japan and the United S...
Aired: Apr 5, 1988 Most cases of polio in this country are caused by the vaccine designed to pre...
12. Pioneers of Surgery: The Brutal Craft (1)
Aired: Sep 6, 1988Part one of a four-part series on the pioneers of modern surgery relives the ...
13. Pioneers of Surgery: Into the Heart (2)
Aired: Sep 13, 1988Once unthinkable, open-heart surgery is now an everyday miracle. NOVA looks a...
14. Pioneers of Surgery: New Organs for Old (3)
Aired: Sep 20, 1988From kidneys to hearts, NOVA examines the daring attempts to replace diseased...
15. Pioneers of Surgery: Beyond the Knife (4)
Aired: Sep 27, 1988Surgeons have always been eager to help patients, even at the risk of killing...
16. Can the Vatican Save the Sistine Chapel?
Aired: Oct 4, 1988Science meets art in the controversial effort to restore Michelangelo's famou...
17. Can the Next President Win the Space Race?
Aired: Oct 11, 1988Thirty years after Sputnik, the United States space program is mired in uncer...
Aired: Oct 18, 1988 NOVA examines the troubling question of scientific fraud: How prevalent is it...
19. Who Shot President Kennedy?
Aired: Nov 15, 1988Using previously unavailable technology, NOVA probes the available evidence s...
Aired: Nov 22, 1988 Reliving a Greek myth takes an effort of mythic proportions, as NOVA reveals ...
Aired: Dec 6, 1988 The life of the shy, intelligent black bear in the wild-foraging, mating, pla...
22. Can We Make a Better Doctor?
Aired: Dec 13, 1988NOVA embarks on a 10-year project to profile—in its entirety—the education of...
Main Cast
Current Status: Returning Series
Network: PBS
Production Country: United States
Genres: Documentary
