East and West came into direct conflict over trade and power in the 19th century. The West won. NOVA explores how Japan was later able to master Western methods, while China was not. Part three of a four part series.
Aired: Jan 17, 1989 Was the searing summer of 1988 a taste of things to come? NOVA looks at the g...
2. The Last Journey of a Genius
Aired: Jan 24, 1989NOVA looks at the bongo-playing scientist, adventurer, safecracker and yarn-s...
3. The Strange New Science of Chaos
Aired: Jan 31, 1989NOVA explains "chaos," a new science that is making surprising sense out of c...
Aired: Feb 14, 1989 NOVA goes to the Soviet Union for an inside investigation of the world's most...
5. God, Darwin and the Dinosaurs
Aired: Feb 21, 1989In an Idaho classroom, teacher Phil Gerrish puts an unorthodox interpretation...
Aired: Feb 28, 1989 NOVA explores the importance of the Gulf Stream to ocean life, climate and hu...
7. Secrets of Easter Island: Part 1
Aired: Mar 7, 1989In this two-part series, NOVA investigates the mystery of Easter Island in th...
8. Legends of Easter Island: Part 2
Aired: Mar 7, 1989In the second part of this two-part series, NOVA explores ancient legends hol...
Aired: Mar 21, 1989 Scientific detectives test their ingenuity in the effort to find underground ...
10. Confronting the Killer Gene
Aired: Mar 28, 1989Arlo, Nancy and Janice each have a 50/50 chance of developing a devastating n...
Aired: Oct 3, 1989 This is a documentary about New York City's four primary utilities: Water, El...
12. The Controversial Dr. Koop
Aired: Oct 10, 1989In this profile of the former Surgeon General, NOVA follows events as they un...
Aired: Oct 17, 1989 Five architects compete for the approval of architecture-obsessed Chicagoans ...
Aired: Oct 24, 1989 The atomic bomb might have ended World War II, but radar was the quiet miracl...
Aired: Oct 31, 1989 Biologists around the world gear up to decode the three-billion-letter geneti...
Aired: Nov 7, 1989 NOVA studies hurricanes—the lurking giants waiting to destroy many coastal ar...
17. Will Venice Survive Its Rescue?
Aired: Nov 14, 1989Increasingly awash in high water, the romantic city of Venice is counting on ...
Aired: Nov 21, 1989 East and West came into direct conflict over trade and power in the 19th cent...
19. Yellowstone's Burning Question
Aired: Dec 5, 1989The 1988 Yellowstone fire may have been one of the worst in human memory, but...
Aired: Dec 12, 1989 NOVA re-enacts a classic case of classroom detection when English schoolboys ...
Appearances
Current Status: Returning Series
Network: PBS
Production Country: United States
Genres: Documentary
