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Season 24 – NOVA

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This long-running, award-winning documentary series focuses on science, its many applications, speculation, history and researchers. Inspired by the BBC documentary program "Horizons, " the U.S. series frequently features interviews with scientists directly involved in the topic at hand, and sometimes even boasts footage of a particular discovery.
NOVA — Season 24

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Episode 1 Aired Jan 14, 1997 Kaboom! This history of explosives focuses on the science behind the chemical reaction, the accidents and the carnage of terrorism. Details Episode 2 Aired Jan 28, 1997 Titanic's Lost Sister Oceanographer Robert Ballard leads a search for the wreck of the Titanic's sister ship, the Britannic, which sank on Nov. 21, 1916. Details Episode 3 Aired Feb 18, 1997 Hunt for Alien Worlds A group of astronomers searches the heavens for new planets capable of supporting life. Details Episode 4 Aired Feb 25, 1997 Curse of T. Rex The story of legal and illegal fossil dealing is told through the FBI's efforts to protect a nearly perfect specimen of a Tyrannosaurus rex. Details Episode 5 Aired Apr 8, 1997 Cut to the Heart Follows doctors on the cutting edge of heart surgery in South America, Britain and the United States, focusing on a controversial Brazilian procedure. Details Episode 6 Aired Apr 15, 1997 Kingdom of the Sea Horse Radio journalist Tony Kahn narrates a portrait of biologist Amanda Vincent and her efforts to prevent the extinction of the sea horse. Details Episode 7 Aired Oct 7, 1997 Coma The controversial methods used by a young neurosurgeon to help a brutally beaten woman recover from a coma. Details Episode 8 Aired Oct 14, 1997 Faster Than Sound Records of test programs show man's attempt to fly faster than sound. Details Episode 9 Aired Oct 21, 1997 Bomb Squad Members of the British army's bomb disposal unit discuss the training and technology needed for their work. Details Episode 10 Aired Oct 28, 1997 The Proof The story of Andrew Wiles, a Princeton man who solved one of mathematic's most difficult problems, Fermat's Last Theorem. Details Episode 11 Aired Nov 11, 1997 Wild Wolves With David Attenborough Wolves in their natural habitat; host David Attenborough. Details Episode 12 Aired Nov 12, 1997 Super Bridge How the building of a bridge across the Mississippi River brings economic hope to a depressed Missouri town. Details Episode 13 Aired Nov 18, 1997 Treasures of the Sunken City An underwater exploration of the sunken Egyptian city of Alexandria, once home to Cleopatra and Mark Antony and the intellectual center of the Mediterranean. Details Episode 14 Aired Nov 25, 1997 Avalanche! Snow rescue workers study methods used in Switzerland to better rescue victims of avalanches and predict when these natural phenomena are likely to occur. Details Episode 15 Aired Dec 2, 1997 Danger in the Jet Stream Balloonists attempt circumnavigation. Details

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Season Info

Network
PBS
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
Nature, Special Interest
Original Language
English
Release Date
Jan 14, 1997