Season 3
(1976)
Cast
Episodes
Predictable Disaster 0.0
January 4, 1976
It is now possible to predict earthquakes. At least two successful predictions have already been made in the United Sta…
Joey 0.0
January 11, 1976
NOVA takes viewers into the world of Joey Deacon, 54 years old and a spastic since birth. Joey has lived most of his li…
Meditation and the Mind 0.0
January 18, 1976
What do singer Peggy Lee, New York Jets Quarterback Joe Namath and Congressman Richard Nolas have in common? They all p…
The Planets 0.0
January 25, 1976
The last fourteen years have been a revolution in our understanding of our place in the stars, the Solar System. Beginn…
A Desert Place 0.0
February 1, 1976
NOVA explores the mysterious ecosystem of the desert: a snowstorm; a lashing summer monsoon; and the emergence—in a poo…
A Small Imperfection 0.0
February 8, 1976
Every year, some 5,000 babies are born in the US with spina bifida, a congenital abnormality of the central nervous sys…
Ninety Degrees Below 0.0
February 15, 1976
There's one place on earth where no one will ever catch a cold. And the freezing waters are so bitter there that a fish…
The Race for the Double Helix 0.0
March 7, 1976
Author Isaac Asimov joins NOVA in the retelling of the remarkable story of the discovery of the structure of DNA. James…
The Renewable Tree 0.0
March 7, 1976
Each Sunday edition of the New York Times consumes 153 acres of trees. The paper packs, napkins, paper cups and packing…
The Williamsburgh File 0.0
March 14, 1976
NOVA joins chief archaeologist, Ivor Noel Hume, of Colonial Williamsburg, VA, for a fascinating glimpse of the lifestyl…
The Overworked Miracle 0.0
March 21, 1976
Today we take antibiotics for granted, and by doing so are steadily eroding their medical value. NOVA examines the prob…
The Transplant Experiment 0.0
April 11, 1976
Dr. Norman Shumway of Stanford University has performed more heart transplants than any other heart surgeon. NOVA explo…
The Underground Movement 0.0
April 18, 1976
NOVA explores life underground, from foxes and badgers through moles and worms down to the myriad of micro-organisms th…
Hunters of the Seal 0.0
May 2, 1976
NOVA shows the Netsilik eskimoes of Pelly Bay and their traditional way of life and what happens when Western civilizat…
Benjamin 0.0
May 9, 1976
Benjamin is a healthy, normal baby, whom we meet at birth and whose first year of life provides the backbone of this re…
The Women Rebel 0.0
May 23, 1976
Margaret Sanger was responsible almost single-handedly for changing the whole attitude of the male-dominated medical pr…
Death of a Disease 0.0
June 6, 1976
As late as 1967, smallpox struck as many as 15 million people in 43 countries and killed an estimated two or three mill…
Inside the Shark 0.0
June 13, 1976
The "Jaws" phenomenon has given sharks a bad name. But is the shark really such a barbarian? NOVA looks at the lifestyl…
The Genetic Chance 0.0
June 20, 1976
Recent scientific developments have made it possible to detect a wide variety of defects in unborn babies. NOVA focuses…
The Case of the Bermuda Triangle 0.0
June 27, 1976
Since 1945, hundreds of ships and planes and thousands of people have mysteriously disappeared in an area of the Atlant…