Season 28
(2000)
Cast
Episodes
Lincoln's Secret Weapon 0.0
October 24, 2000
The film chronicles an expedition to study and retrieve parts of the USS Monitor, the famous Civil War ironclad, which …
Holocaust on Trial 0.0
October 31, 2000
The film uses a celebrated recent trial as a springboard to examine and successfully challenge the notion of Holocaust …
Hitler's Lost Sub 0.0
November 14, 2000
The film follows a six-year odyssey by a group of divers to identify a mysterious U-boat they discovered in 1991 off th…
Runaway Universe 0.0
November 21, 2000
The program follows the efforts of two rival teams of astronomers as they search for exploding stars, map out gigantic …
Garden of Eden 0.0
November 28, 2000
The film takes a look at the extraordinary natural history of the Seychelles, an ancient archipelago of about 100 islan…
Dying to Be Thin 0.0
December 12, 2000
The film examines a disturbing increase in the prevalence of debilitating and sometimes life-threatening eating disorde…
Japan's Secret Garden 0.0
December 18, 2000
The program chronicles a year in the life of wildlife and people around Lake Biwa, Japan, a cycle that has continued un…
Sultan's Lost Treasure 0.0
January 16, 2001
The program follows a French-led expedition to recover thousands of porcelain and other artifacts from a centuries-old …
Vanished! 0.0
January 30, 2001
The program investigates the mysterious disappearance -- and, half a century later, reappearance -- of Stardust, a civi…
Nazi Prison Escape 0.0
February 6, 2001
The program documents a series of spectacular escape attempts made at Colditz Castle, the Nazi's most impregnable priso…
Lost King of the Maya 0.0
February 13, 2001
The film follows the work of archeologists who are using new excavations and hieroglyphic translations to interpret the…
The Cancer Warrior 0.0
February 27, 2001
For decades Dr. Judah Folkman struggled against the grain of many in the cancer research community in his quest to pion…
Survivor M.D.: Tattooed Doctor (1) 0.0
March 27, 2001
In "Tattooed Doctor," the first hour of NOVA's "Survivor M.D." series, emergency-room physician Dr. Tom Tarter eloquent…
Survivor M.D.: Second Opinions (2) 0.0
April 3, 2001
In 1987 NOVA embarked with seven brilliant, natural-born survivors on the longest-running boot camp in higher education…
Survivor M.D.: Hearts & Minds (3) 0.0
April 10, 2001
In 1987 NOVA embarked with seven brilliant, natural-born survivors on the longest-running boot camp in higher education…
Cracking the Code of Life 0.0
April 17, 2001
This two-hour special, hosted by ABC "Nightline" correspondent Robert Krulwich, chronicles the race to capture one of t…
Harvest of Fear 0.0
April 24, 2001
A gene from a jellyfish is placed in a potato plant, making it light up whenever it needs watering. Rice plants are gen…