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Season 5

(1978)

Cast

Episodes

In The Event of Catastrophe poster

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January 4, 1978

Can a nuclear war be survived? Some members of the defense community say yes. NOVA explores the possibility.

The Green Machine poster

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January 11, 1978

Botany is a neglected science and plants are all around us, but unfamiliar. NOVA examines our state of knowledge of how…

Blueprints in the Bloodstream poster

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January 18, 1978

It has been known since the turn of the century that there are four human blood groups, based on different red cells an…

One Small Step poster

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January 25, 1978

Part one of a two-part series on the subject of man in space, NOVA examines the history of NASA—from the origin of the …

The Final Frontier poster

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February 1, 1978

Second of the two-part series on space programs, NOVA looks ahead to the future, post-Apollo and the role that man in s…

BaMiki BaNdula: Children of the Forest poster

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February 15, 1978

In the rain forests of Zaire, in the heart of Africa, live the Mbuti Pygmies. The Pygmy way of life has always been ext…

Trial of Denton Cooley poster

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February 22, 1978

In a dramatic docudrama, NOVA reconstructs the controversial lawsuit raised against renowned heart surgeon Dr. Denton C…

The Great Wine Revolution poster

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March 1, 1978

A science-based revolution in the making of wine is underway. NOVA traces the secrets of the aging process and science'…

The Case of the Ancient Astronauts poster

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March 8, 1978

NOVA investigates the theories of von Daniken and others that the Earth has been visited by intelligent beings from out…

The Mind Machines poster

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March 22, 1978

Today's scientists may be creating their own successors. Work being done in Artificial Intelligence (AI), a branch of c…

Icarus' Children poster

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March 29, 1978

In the summer of 1977 Paul MacCready, a California scientist and businessman, won the coveted Kremer Prize. His achieve…

Still Waters poster

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April 12, 1978

NOVA shows a year in the life of a beaver pond and includes almost every life form that exists in, on, under, around an…

Battle for the Acropolis poster

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April 19, 1978

The fortified plateau above Athens known as the Acropolis is the site of some of the most remarkable architecture in th…

The Road to Happiness. : The Life and Times of Henry Ford poster

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May 3, 1978

Henry Ford, a great friend of Edison, was a film enthusiast who amassed some one and a half million feet of film during…

Laser : Light of the 21st Century poster

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May 10, 1978

When first invented 18 years ago, lasers were called "a solution looking for a problem;" nobody could think what to do …

Insect Alternative poster

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May 24, 1978

In a world that each year loses up to 40 percent of its crops to insects, some form of pest control is desperately need…

The Desert's Edge poster

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May 31, 1978

For thousands of years people have managed to live in deserts all over the world. But in recent years, a growing popula…

The Tsetse Trap poster

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June 7, 1978

NOVA explores Bovine sleeping sickness. Spread by a fly, it is a deadly disease that poses a threat to Africa's cattle.

Memories From Eden poster

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June 14, 1978

Traditionally zoos were designed neither for people nor animals; barred cages taught people more about their separation…

A Whisper from Space poster

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June 21, 1978

In 1965, Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson, two radio astronomers at Bell Telephone Laboratories, discovered faint, but ev…

Alaska: The Closing Frontier poster

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June 28, 1978

Congress is currently considering a proposal that would double the size of America's national park system by designatin…