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20 Episodes 1980 - 1980
Episode 1
Tue, Jan 15, 1980
Hepatitis. NOVA examines this elusive disease, what causes it, how it is spread and how you get rid of it.
Episode 2
Tue, Jan 22, 1980
NOVA profiles Dr. Edward Teller, the "Father of the Hydrogen Bomb," an acclaimed scientific genius and brilliant theoretician, and a man considered by some the most dangerous scientist in the United States.
Episode 3
Tue, Feb 5, 1980
NOVA explores the science of natural engineering and asks the basic questions: what makes a good design in nature and why did a particular plant or animal adopt a particular design?
Episode 4
Tue, Feb 19, 1980
More than 40 million Americans are afflicted by cardiovascular disease. NOVA examines the new information on risk factors and possible prevention of heart attacks and strokes - often fatal diseases.
Episode 5
Tue, Mar 4, 1980
Whaling is an integral part of northern native life, and a major source of food; even so, conservationists are seeking to restrict the hunting of bowheads in Alaska.
Episode 6
Tue, Mar 11, 1980
Recent aircraft accidents have raised the question of just how safe modern commercial aviation really is. NOVA looks at some of the problems and experimental efforts underway to deal with them.
Episode 7
Tue, Mar 18, 1980
The Mediterranean Sea faces terminal pollution unless action is taken. The efforts of nations as diverse as Yugoslavia, Turkey, Egypt, Algeria, and Greece to deal with the pollution are explored.
Episode 8
Tue, Mar 25, 1980
NOVA explores the amazing Jari project of the Amazon basin. Eleven years ago, 3.5 million acres of virgin jungle were bought by the reclusive billionaire, Daniel K. Ludwig.
Episode 9
Tue, Sep 30, 1980
NOVA explores the shaping and molding of the male and female personality. From infancy through childhood, the program documents the impact of culture on the development of sex differences.
Episode 10
Tue, Oct 7, 1980
In one of the first films ever to come out of modern China, NOVA sifts through clues that Chinese scientists have uncovered in their pursuit of particularly virulent and elusive forms of cancer from which one out of every four people die.
Episode 11
Tue, Oct 14, 1980
One year in the intricate life of a coastal lagoon unfolds in an hour's time when NOVA documents the fragile tidal ecosystem which supports the entire ocean.
Episode 12
Tue, Oct 28, 1980
Locked in the shale of the Western Rocky Mountains is more oil than in the Middle East; more than enough to solve our dependence on foreign crude oil. NOVA explores the promise and the problems of shale oil.
Episode 13
Tue, Nov 4, 1980
Is interferon -known as IF in medical shorthand- the wonder drug and cure for cancer that some doctors claim? NOVA travels to London, Stockholm, Houston, San Francisco, and New Haven in search of the answer.
Episode 14
Tue, Nov 11, 1980
On Wednesday, November 12, 1980, Voyager 1 is expected to arrive at Saturn for a first time ever extensive close-up investigation of the majestic ringed planet. NOVA documents Voyager's journey through the outer solar system.
Episode 15
Tue, Nov 18, 1980
Thomas Edison is the quintessential American hero, the Wizard whose inventions revolutionized modern living. But there was always more to Edison than met the eye. NOVA profiles the man behind the mythical reputation.
Episode 16
Tue, Nov 25, 1980
Water, water everywhere...but just how useful is it? NOVA travels to the Adirondack Mountains where acid rain is killing many high elevation lakes and to Bedford, Massachusetts, where the town wells have been polluted by industrial waste.
Episode 17
Tue, Dec 2, 1980
NOVA tells the story of still and cine photography in science; from the extraordinary work of the pioneers in the early 1800s to how the ability to freeze time on film in ever shorter periods has given scientists remarkable new insights.
Episode 18
Tue, Dec 9, 1980
NOVA explores the hidden meaning and extraordinary power of human touch.
Episode 19
Tue, Dec 23, 1980
The cuddly image of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer has become an integral part of the jollity of the Christmas season. NOVA takes a look at how real deer live by visiting Rhum; an island off the coast of Scotland inhabited by red deer.
Episode 20
Tue, Dec 30, 1980
Dudley Moore hosts a lighthearted but deep look at the history of time-- how it began, how it's perceived, and how it will end. Along the way he has conversations with St. Augustine, Albert Einstein, Isaac Asimov (the real one), and other experts, as well as playing multiple roles (including identical twins and an entire family) while a narrator explains using amusing animated asides like the Twin Paradox and musing about whether time is predetermined or has an infinite number of "futures".