Season 16
(1989)
Cast
Episodes
Hot Enough for You? 0.0
January 17, 1989
Was the searing summer of 1988 a taste of things to come? NOVA looks at the greenhouse effect, which portends higher te…
The Last Journey of a Genius 0.0
January 24, 1989
NOVA looks at the bongo-playing scientist, adventurer, safecracker and yarn-spinner Richard Feynman, most recently famo…
The Strange New Science of Chaos 0.0
January 31, 1989
NOVA explains "chaos," a new science that is making surprising sense out of chaotic phenomena in nature, from the weath…
Back to Chernobyl 0.0
February 14, 1989
NOVA goes to the Soviet Union for an inside investigation of the world's most catastrophic nuclear power accident with …
God, Darwin and the Dinosaurs 0.0
February 21, 1989
In an Idaho classroom, teacher Phil Gerrish puts an unorthodox interpretation on the day's biology lesson. As students …
Adrift on the Gulf Stream 0.0
February 28, 1989
NOVA explores the importance of the Gulf Stream to ocean life, climate and human history.
Secrets of Easter Island (1) 0.0
March 7, 1989
In this two-part series, NOVA investigates the mystery of Easter Island in the South Pacific. Who built its celebrated …
Legends of Easter Island (2) 0.0
March 7, 1989
In the second part of this two-part series, NOVA explores ancient legends hold the clues to the violent history of the …
The World Is Full of Oil! 0.0
March 21, 1989
Scientific detectives test their ingenuity in the effort to find underground oil deposits.
Confronting the Killer Gene 0.0
March 28, 1989
Arlo, Nancy and Janice each have a 50/50 chance of developing a devastating nerve disorder. A laboratory test can tell …
The Hidden City 0.0
October 3, 1989
Actor Judd Hirsch narrates this behind-the scenes look at what makes New York City tick. Water, power and waste are the…
The Controversial Dr. Koop 0.0
October 10, 1989
In this profile of the former Surgeon General, NOVA follows events as they unfold in a unique behind-the-scenes account…
Design Wars! 0.0
October 17, 1989
Five architects compete for the approval of architecture-obsessed Chicagoans in the contest to build the city's new pub…
Echoes of War 0.0
October 24, 1989
The atomic bomb might have ended World War II, but radar was the quiet miracle that won battles. NOVA tells the little-…
Decoding the Book of Life 0.0
October 31, 1989
Biologists around the world gear up to decode the three-billion-letter genetic message that describes how humans are ma…
Hurricane! 0.0
November 7, 1989
NOVA studies hurricanes—the lurking giants waiting to destroy many coastal areas—by flying straight into one. Scientist…
Will Venice Survive Its Rescue? 0.0
November 14, 1989
Increasingly awash in high water, the romantic city of Venice is counting on high-tech floodgates to save it from drown…
What Is Music? 0.0
November 21, 1989
East and West came into direct conflict over trade and power in the 19th century. The West won. NOVA explores how Japan…
Yellowstone's Burning Question 0.0
December 5, 1989
The 1988 Yellowstone fire may have been one of the worst in human memory, but nature has had eons of experience with su…
The Schoolboys Who Cracked the Soviet Secret 0.0
December 12, 1989
NOVA re-enacts a classic case of classroom detection when English schoolboys track down a secret Soviet launch site. Do…