Nova

Season 17 Episode 8: The Genius That Was China: The Threat from Japan

51 Seasons Apr 03, 1990 TV-PG 55m 8.7

Ever wonder how junk mail finds you? NOVA investigates the hidden world of direct marketing, pointing out how advertisers know a lot more about us than we think.

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Season 17 Episodes:

Episode 1 Poison in the Rockies

1. Poison in the Rockies

Aired: Jan 9, 1990

Poison in the Rockies is focused on the damage that decades of mining operati...

Episode 2 Race for the Top

2. Race for the Top

Aired: Jan 23, 1990

Using some of the largest machines ever built on earth, American and European...

Episode 3 Disguises of War

3. Disguises of War

Aired: Feb 6, 1990

Sixty-five years after attempts to ban them, chemical weapons pose more of a ...

Episode 5 The Big Spill

5. The Big Spill

Aired: Feb 27, 1990

The 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill takes a center stage when NOVA heads to Alask...

Episode 11 Neptune's Cold Fury

11. Neptune's Cold Fury

Aired: Oct 9, 1990

NOVA visits Neptune, the planet that took Voyager 12 years to reach. Mysterie...

Episode 12 To Boldly Go...

12. To Boldly Go...

Aired: Oct 16, 1990

NOVA chronicles the Voyager space mission—from Earth to the ends of the solar...

Episode 14 The Blimp Is Back!

14. The Blimp Is Back!

Aired: Oct 30, 1990

NOVA examines the troubled past and promising future of blimps, zeppelins, cy...

Episode 15 Earthquake!

15. Earthquake!

Aired: Nov 6, 1990

NOVA looks at the high-stakes quest to predict earthquakes. Despite past disa...

Episode 16 Killing Machines

16. Killing Machines

Aired: Nov 13, 1990

Robotic weapons that seek out and destroy ships, planes, and other targets ar...

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Current Status: Returning Series

Network: PBS

Production Country: United States

Genres: Documentary

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