Aborigines in Australia, woodchucks in Pennsylvania, the Nobel Prize in Stock...
Nova
Season 7 Episode 12: Do We Really Need the Rockies?
Can the mining of oil shale in the west solve the United States' energy crisis?
51 Seasons Oct 28, 1980 TV-PG 55m 8.7
Can the mining of oil shale in the west solve the United States' energy crisis?
Aborigines in Australia, woodchucks in Pennsylvania, the Nobel Prize in Stock...
2. A Is for Atom, B Is for Bomb
Aired: Jan 22, 1980NOVA profiles Dr. Edward Teller, the "Father of the Hydrogen Bomb," an acclai...
NOVA explores the science of natural engineering and asks the basic questions...
More than 40 million Americans are afflicted by cardiovascular disease. NOVA ...
Whaling is an integral part of Eskimo life, and a major source of food; even ...
Recent aircraft accidents have raised the question of just how safe modern co...
The Mediterranean Sea faces terminal pollution unless action is taken. The ef...
8. Mr. Ludwig's Tropical Dreamland
Aired: Mar 25, 1980NOVA explores the amazing Jari project of the Amazon basin. Eleven years ago,...
NOVA explores the shaping and molding of the male and female personality. Fro...
10. The Cancer Detectives of Lin Xian
Aired: Oct 7, 1980In one of the first films ever to come out of modern China, NOVA sifts throug...
One year in the intricate life of a coastal lagoon unfolds in an hour's time ...
12. Do We Really Need the Rockies?
Aired: Oct 28, 1980Can the mining of oil shale in the west solve the United States' energy crisis?
Is interferon—known as IF in medical shorthand—the wonder drug and cure for c...
On Wednesday, 12 November 1980, Voyager 1 is expected to arrive at Saturn for...
15. The Wizard Who Spat on the Floor
Aired: Nov 18, 1980Thomas Edison is the quintessential American hero, the Wizard whose invention...
Water, water everywhere...but just how useful is it? NOVA travels to the Adir...
NOVA tells the story of still and cine photography in science—from the extrao...
The exquisite sensitivity of touch cells in the human skin makes it possible ...
The cuddly image of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer has become an integral par...
Dudley Moore hosts a lighthearted but deep look at the history of time-- how ...
Current Status: Returning Series
Network: PBS
Production Country: United States
Genres: Documentary