Name: NOVA
Rating: 6.5

Wednesday
Oct 04, 1989
01:00

S17E01 - The Hidden City Air Date: Oct 04, 1989 01:00 - 36 years ago

Exposing four essential public infrastructure systems that city dwellers depend on: electricity, water, sewage and sanitation. Filmed in New York City and hosted by Judd Hirsch.

Wednesday
Oct 11, 1989
01:00

S17E02 - The Controversial Dr. Koop Air Date: Oct 11, 1989 01:00 - 36 years ago

In this profile of former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, NOVA follows events as they unfold in a unique behind-the-scenes account of a man who speaks his mind on AIDS, smoking and abortion.

Wednesday
Oct 18, 1989
01:00

S17E03 - Design Wars! Air Date: Oct 18, 1989 01:00 - 36 years ago

Five architects compete for the approval of architecture-obsessed Chicagoan's in the contest to build the city's new public library. NOVA looks at the strengths and weakness of each of the surprisingly varied entries.

Wednesday
Oct 25, 1989
01:00

S17E04 - Echoes of War Air Date: Oct 25, 1989 01:00 - 36 years ago

The atomic bomb might have ended World War II, but radar was the quiet miracle that won battles. NOVA tells the little-known wartime history of radar.

Wednesday
Nov 01, 1989
02:00

S17E05 - Decoding the Book of Life Air Date: Nov 01, 1989 02:00 - 36 years ago

Biologists around the world gear up to decode the three-billion-letter genetic message that describes how humans are made. Ethicists warn that it may not be such a good idea.

Wednesday
Nov 08, 1989
02:00

S17E06 - Hurricane! Air Date: Nov 08, 1989 02:00 - 36 years ago

NOVA studies hurricanes—the lurking giants waiting to destroy many coastal areas—by flying straight into one. Scientists hope that such close-up studies will supply the data to make better predictions.

Wednesday
Nov 15, 1989
02:00

S17E07 - Will Venice Survive Its Rescue Air Date: Nov 15, 1989 02:00 - 36 years ago

Increasingly awash in high water, the romantic city of Venice is counting on high-tech floodgates to save it from drowning. Environmentalists worry that the gates may destroy the fragile lagoon that surrounds the city.

Wednesday
Nov 22, 1989
02:00

S17E08 - What Is Music Air Date: Nov 22, 1989 02:00 - 36 years ago

NOVA explores the science of musical sound—from what makes a classic violin to how the human brain perceives music. Bells, trumpets, human voices and computers all perform.

Wednesday
Dec 06, 1989
02:00

S17E09 - Yellowstone's Burning Question Air Date: Dec 06, 1989 02:00 - 36 years ago

The 1988 Yellowstone fire may have been one of the worst in human memory, but nature has had eons of experience with such events. NOVA accompanies scientists who are studying the surprisingly rapid recovery from the blaze. Narrated by Peter Thomas.

Wednesday
Dec 13, 1989
02:00

S17E10 - The Schoolboys Who Cracked the Soviet Secret Air Date: Dec 13, 1989 02:00 - 36 years ago

NOVA re-enacts a classic case of classroom detection when English schoolboys track down a secret Soviet launch site.

Wednesday
Jan 10, 1990
02:00

S17E11 - Poison in the Rockies Air Date: Jan 10, 1990 02:00 - 35 years ago

NOVA reports on the 100-year-old legacy of pollution from mining that poisons the once-pristine waters of the Rocky Mountain states. Acid Rain and economic development also contribute to stress on the West's scarce water supply.

Wednesday
Jan 24, 1990
02:00

S17E12 - Race for the Top Air Date: Jan 24, 1990 02:00 - 35 years ago

Using some of the largest machines ever built, American and European physicists race to discover one of the most fundamental and most elusive objects in nature—the top quark.

Wednesday
Feb 07, 1990
02:00

S17E13 - Disguises of War Air Date: Feb 07, 1990 02:00 - 35 years ago

NOVA takes the wraps off the art of deception in war—from simple camouflage to the expensive, radar-evading technology embodied in the Stealth bomber.

Wednesday
Feb 14, 1990
02:00

S17E14 - The Bomb's Lethal Legacy Air Date: Feb 14, 1990 02:00 - 35 years ago

NOVA examines an alarming nuclear waste problem at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in eastern Washington state, where 45 years of mismanagement in the nuclear weapons industry will cost billions to correct.

Wednesday
Feb 28, 1990
02:00

S17E15 - The Big Spill Air Date: Feb 28, 1990 02:00 - 35 years ago

Covering last year's Exxon Valdez oil spill from an unexplored angle, NOVA focuses on how technology failed in preventing, containing and cleaning up the Alaskan disaster.

Friday
Mar 16, 1990
02:00

S17E16 - The Genius That Was China: Rise of the Dragon Air Date: Mar 16, 1990 02:00 - 35 years ago

China in the 13th century was the richest, most powerful, most technologically advanced civilization on earth. NOVA looks at how China achieved what it did, and what in Chinese politics, culture and economy kept it from doing more.

Wednesday
Mar 21, 1990
02:00

S17E17 - The Genius That Was China: Empires in Collision Air Date: Mar 21, 1990 02:00 - 35 years ago

NOVA examines the extraordinary transformation that propelled Europe outward into the world from the 15th to 18th centuries, while China remained the insular middle kingdom.

Wednesday
Mar 28, 1990
02:00

S17E18 - The Genius That Was China: The Threat from Japan Air Date: Mar 28, 1990 02:00 - 35 years ago

East and West came into direct conflict over trade and power in the 19th century. The West won. NOVA explores how Japan was later able to master Western methods, while China was not.

Wednesday
Apr 04, 1990
01:00

S17E19 - The Genius That Was China: Will the Dragon Rise Again? Air Date: Apr 04, 1990 01:00 - 35 years ago

NOVA covers China's long road to economic and technological equality with the West, punctuated by frequent setbacks such as the 1989 massacre of pro-democratic demonstrations in Beijing.

Wednesday
Dec 19, 1990
02:00

S17E20 - What's Killing the Children? Air Date: Dec 19, 1990 02:00 - 34 years ago

Wednesday
Dec 19, 1990
02:00

S17E21 - Hurricane! Air Date: Dec 19, 1990 02:00 - 34 years ago

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