NOVA 1974
PBS' premier science series helps viewers of all ages explore the science behind the headlines. Along the way, NOVA demystifies science and technology, and highlights the people involved in scientific pursuits.
Episodes
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S1·E1 The Making Of A Natural History FilmNOVA premieres on public television with a behind-the-scenes look at the making of a nature film. Oxford Scientific Films Unit shows how it tackles such problems as…2S1·E2 Where Did the Colorado Go?NOVA explores the mighty Colorado River which today has become the life-blood of the Southwest, providing water and electricity to the farms and cities of California,…3S1·E3 Whales, Dolphins, and MenNOVA explores the impact of whaling and the goods it produces for the industry, verses the grace and beatury of this intelligent mammal of the sea.4S1·E4 The Search For LifeDoes life exist outside this planet? The Viking lander will set down on Mars in July 1976 to try to find out just that. NOVA explores how life started on Earth and…5S1·E5 Last of the CuivaHow does a primitive nomadic tribe of the Amazon basin cope with the encroachment of Western settlers? NOVA looks at both sides of the story, revealing the…6S1·E6 Strange SleepMedicine was transformed in the 19th century by the discovery of anesthesia; surgery, until then hasty, bloody and completely unable to deal with internal disorders,…7S1·E7 The Crab NebulaIn 1054 AD, the Chinese recorded the explosion of a star so bright that it lit the sky for three weeks, even during the day. It was the explosion of a dying star that…8S1·E8 Bird Brain: The Mystery of Bird NavigationBirds migrate in search of perpetual summer, sometimes traveling as much as 20,000 miles every year. NOVA uses radar to track and identify migrating birds that travel at…9S1·E9 Are You Doing This for Me, Doctor?The advance of medicine depends inevitably on the testing of experimental procedures on human volunteers from either the healthy or the sick. Yet such procedures are…10S1·E10 The First Signs Of WashoeWashoe is a chimp more like a person: she talks with her hands. NOVA visits with Washoe and her teachers—Professor Allen Gardner and Dr. Trixie Gardner—to learn more…11S1·E11 The Case of the Midwife ToadWhen Paul Kammerer committed suicide in 1926, it was taken by most of his fellow biologists as a tacit admission of guilt that he had faked his experiments purporting to…12S1·E12 Fusion: The Energy of PromiseNuclear fusion offers the promises of an unlimited, clean source of energy. But achieving fusion has proved one of the most difficult and elusive goals of the physicist.…13S1·E13 The Mystery Of The AnasaziWho were the people that built the first cities -- complete with apartment blocks -- in North America? They were the Anasazi Indians, who lived in the Southwest for some…Cast
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Craig Sechler
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Gene Galusha
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Jeremiah Kissel
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Paul Vaughan
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Tony Kahn
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John Hockenberry
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Edd Gasper
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Beatrix Gardner
Self
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Don Wescott
Narrator (voice)
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Kenichi Nakamaru
Reporter
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Shu Morino
Reporter
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John McKenzie
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Stefanie E. Frame
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Rob Tinworth
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David Slavin
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Brendan Fleming
Hermann Einstein
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Stephen Noonan
Marat
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Robert Styles
Newman
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Philip Herbert
Count de Amerval
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Di Trevis
Baroness de la Garde
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James Tovell
Manson
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Anthony Garner
Sir John Franklin
Details
- First air date
- Mar 3, 1974
- Last air date
- Oct 7, 2026
- Seasons
- 53
- Episodes
- 1029
- Episode runtime
- 55 min
- Network
- PBS
- Status
- Returning Series
- Studios
- GBH
- Country
- United States of America
- Language
- English
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