At the 1976 Olympics, East German athletes walked off with 40 of the coveted gold medals, though their country is only the size of New Jersey. NOVA investigates whether a drug is responsible for their incredible success—or is American athletic training and commitment falling behind that of the Communist world?
Aired: Jan 4, 1979 On the morning of March 16, 1978, the US owned, Liberian registered supertank...
Aired: Jan 11, 1979 As a child, Fred Young hunted birds and wild animals with primitive weapons, ...
Aired: Jan 18, 1979 In 1945, B.F. Skinner shocked the world by putting his 13 month-old daughter,...
Aired: Feb 1, 1979 The bed of the northeast Pacific Ocean is covered with a "carpet" estimated t...
Aired: Feb 8, 1979 Below the snow-capped peaks of the Peruvian Andes, the Q'eros Indians live a ...
Aired: Feb 22, 1979 Explores the uses of hydrogen as a possible fuel source.
Aired: Mar 1, 1979 Is nuclear fusion the solution to the energy crisis? NOVA examines the promis...
Aired: Mar 8, 1979 Health care is the third largest industry in the US. As a result of billions ...
Aired: Mar 15, 1979 One hundred years after his birth, Albert Einstein remains an enigma to most ...
Aired: Mar 29, 1979 Some powerful and complex painkilling drugs have just been discovered—in a pl...
Aired: Oct 2, 1979 Is the chemical industry a boom to modern civilization, or a major threat to ...
Aired: Oct 9, 1979 Sinister, sometimes even deadly, spiders have little popular appeal; yet thei...
Aired: Oct 16, 1979 NOVA views the history of sugar—from its scientific, religious and political ...
Aired: Oct 30, 1979 At the 1976 Olympics, East German athletes walked off with 40 of the coveted ...
Aired: Nov 6, 1979 Nova examines sports injuries and the science of sports medicine.
Aired: Nov 20, 1979 Most of India lives by the same rhythm, the same tools, as in centuries past....
17. The Bridge That Spanned the World
Aired: Dec 4, 1979The Iron Bridge across the River Severn in Telford, England is two centuries ...
Aired: Dec 11, 1979 Dr. Philip Morrison, Institute Professor and professor of Physics at Massachu...
19. Blindness: Five Points of Views
Aired: Dec 18, 1979For many people the idea of life without vision is as fearful as death. NOVA ...
