1. In the Event of Catastrophe
Aired: Jan 4, 1978Can a nuclear war be survived? Some members of the defense community say yes....
51 Seasons Jan 18, 1978 TV-PG 55m 8.7
It has been known since the turn of the century that there are four human blood groups, based on different red cells and serum characteristics. NOVA looks at the more recent discovery that the different white cell types, as determined by a variety of different molecular markers on the cell surface, open up the possibility of the prevention of disease.
1. In the Event of Catastrophe
Aired: Jan 4, 1978Can a nuclear war be survived? Some members of the defense community say yes....
2. Blueprints in the Bloodstream
Aired: Jan 11, 1978Botany is a neglected science and plants are all around us, but unfamiliar. N...
It has been known since the turn of the century that there are four human blo...
Part one of a two-part series on the subject of man in space, NOVA examines t...
5. BaMiki BaNdula: Children of the Forest
Aired: Feb 1, 1978Second of the two-part series on space programs, NOVA looks ahead to the futu...
In the rain forests of Zaire, in the heart of Africa, live the Mbuti Pygmies....
The century old tradition of folding two-dimensional paper into three-dimensi...
8. The Case of the Ancient Astronauts
Aired: Mar 1, 1978A science-based revolution in the making of wine is underway. NOVA traces the...
NOVA investigates the theories of von Daniken and others that the Earth has b...
Today's scientists may be creating their own successors. Work being done in A...
In the summer of 1977 Paul MacCready, a California scientist and businessman,...
NOVA shows a year in the life of a beaver pond and includes almost every life...
Documentary about the life of American industrialist Henry Ford. Using Newsre...
Henry Ford, a great friend of Edison, was a film enthusiast who amassed some ...
When first invented 18 years ago, lasers were called "a solution looking for ...
In a world that each year loses up to 40 percent of its crops to insects, som...
For thousands of years people have managed to live in deserts all over the wo...
NOVA explores Bovine sleeping sickness. Spread by a fly, it is a deadly disea...
Traditionally zoos were designed neither for people nor animals; barred cages...
20. Alaska: The Closing Frontier
Aired: Jun 21, 1978In 1965, Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson, two radio astronomers at Bell Teleph...
21. Alaska: The Closing Frontier
Aired: Jun 28, 1978Congress is currently considering a proposal that would double the size of Am...
Guest Staring
Current Status: Returning Series
Network: PBS
Production Country: United States
Genres: Documentary