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Nova Season 24 Episodes
Season 24 Episode Guide
19 Episodes 1997 - 1997
Episode 1
Kaboom!
Tue, Jan 14, 1997
This program traces the history of the development of explosives focusing on gunpowder, nitroglycerin and efforts, particularly by Alfred Nobel, to make them safe to handle. Commentary examines the fascination with explosives, the guilt of explosives developers and the fallacy of the doomsday weapon that would put an end to wars.
Episode 2
Titanic's Lost Sister
Tue, Jan 28, 199760 mins
An account of Dr. Robert D. Ballard's exploration of the wreck of the Britannic in Sept 1995. Britannic, the sister-ship of the Titanic, was sunk after a mysterious explosion while serving as a hospital ship during World War One.
Episode 3
Secrets of Lost Empires: Stonehenge (1)
Tue, Feb 11, 1997
Nova shows how the giant sarsen stones used in Stonehenge might be moved 20 miles without using wheels and how might they have been moved upright with the lintels successfully raised to rest atop and astride them.
Episode 4
Secrets of Lost Empires: Inca (2)
Tue, Feb 11, 1997
Nova examines how the Inca could construct magnificently engineered citadels and an extensive system of roads at the top of the rugged Andes Mountains without metal tools, wheels, mathematics or writing.
Episode 5
Secrets of Lost Empires: Obelisk (3)
Wed, Feb 12, 1997
In Egypt, NOVA examines the quarrying of ancient obelisks, towering slabs of polished granite that pharaohs raised to honor the gods, and that now adorn Rome's piazzas, London's embankment, and Central Park.
Episode 6
Secrets of Lost Empires: Colosseum (4)
Wed, Feb 12, 1997
The marvels of Roman public architecture and hydraulic engineering are explored in a show that looks at the structure of amphitheaters such as the Colosseum.
Episode 7
Hunt for Alien Worlds
Tue, Feb 18, 1997
Are we alone in the universe? The dream of answering that question might finally be coming true. NOVA follows a new breed of planet hunters as they race to find proof that other planets do exist.
Episode 8
Curse of T.rex
Tue, Feb 25, 1997
They are the most spectacular -and rarest- creatures ever to walk the earth. And they are for sale. In remote badlands, paleontologists have to compete with commercial fossil hunters to get at dinosaur bones.
Episode 9
Cut to the Heart
Tue, Apr 8, 1997
A radical and controversial surgery that actually removes part of the heart is bringing new hope to thousands of patients. NOVA follows doctors in South America, Britain, and America who are on the cutting edge of this new heart surgery.
Episode 10
Kingdom of the Seahorse
Tue, Apr 15, 1997
Dive with Amanda Vincent, the world's leading seahorse biologist, in Australia and the Philippines as she explores the secret lives of these extraordinary fish, and launches innovative efforts to help them thrive once again.
Episode 11
Coma
Tue, Oct 7, 1997
A famous brain surgeon -Dr. Jan Ghajar- struggles to save the life of a comatose child using a controversial new method of treating severe head injuries.
Episode 12
Faster Than Sound
Tue, Oct 14, 1997
On the 50th anniversary of the first supersonic flight, Chuck Yeager relives his gutsy assault on the sound barrier and tells how it was done.
Episode 13
Bomb Squad
Tue, Oct 21, 1997
IRA terrorists and British bomb disposal experts tell behind-the-scenes stories of a a deadly cat-and- mouse game that pits ingenious IRA explosives officers against the most creative bomb squad in the world.
Episode 14
The Proof
Tue, Oct 28, 1997
In a tale of secrecy, obsession, dashed hopes, and brilliant insights, Princeton math sleuth Andrew Wiles goes undercover for eight years to solve history's most famous math problem: Fermat's Last Theorem.
Episode 15
Wild Wolves with David Attenborough
Tue, Nov 11, 1997
Sir David Attenborough hosts a never-before-seen look at one of the most misunderstood creatures in nature. Special photography, including infrared photography, exposes the secret life of the wolf pack.
Episode 16
Super Bridge
Wed, Nov 12, 1997113 mins
NOVA follows the building of the stunningly beautiful and eminently practical Clark Bridge over the Mississippi River. Contractors faced every obstacle in the book -and then some- to build this complex structure.
Episode 17
Treasures of the Sunken City
Tue, Nov 18, 1997
Divers search for one of the seven wonders of the ancient world: the Lighthouse of Alexandria, which was destroyed in an earthquake in 1375 and some believe lies in rubble on the sea floor.
Episode 18
Avalanche!
Tue, Nov 25, 1997
Viewers see what it's like to be overwhelmed by a sudden onslaught of "white death" -an avalanche. NOVA witnesses scientists getting buried alive in their attempts to understand these forces of nature.
Episode 19
Danger in the Jet Stream
Tue, Dec 2, 1997
NOVA covers the latest efforts to be first to circumnavigate the planet non-stop in a balloon. NOVA's cameras are on board for all three attempts, including that of the long-shot underdog, American Steve Fossett,