Today's sophisticated fighter jets can almost fly themselves, but well-traine...
Nova
Season 15 Episode 2: How to Create a Junk Food
Julia Child introduces NOVA's behind-the-scenes look at how science aids in the creation of snack foods.
51 Seasons Jan 26, 1988 TV-PG 55m 7.9
Julia Child introduces NOVA's behind-the-scenes look at how science aids in the creation of snack foods.
Today's sophisticated fighter jets can almost fly themselves, but well-traine...
Julia Child introduces NOVA's behind-the-scenes look at how science aids in t...
Scientists investigate the frozen remains of members of the 19th century Fran...
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...
It was a blustery day in December 1986, and the New England Coast was in the ...
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...
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...
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...
Reliving a Greek myth takes an effort of mythic proportions, as NOVA reveals ...
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...
Current Status: Returning Series
Network: PBS
Production Country: United States
Genres: Documentary