Season 7
(1980)
Cast
Episodes
The Elusive Illness 0.0
January 15, 1980
Aborigines in Australia, woodchucks in Pennsylvania, the Nobel Prize in Stockholm and the gay community in New York Cit…
A is for Atom, B is for Bomb 0.0
January 22, 1980
NOVA profiles Dr. Edward Teller, the "Father of the Hydrogen Bomb," an acclaimed scientific genius and brilliant theore…
Living Machines 0.0
February 5, 1980
NOVA explores the science of natural engineering and asks the basic questions: what makes a good design in nature and w…
Portrait of a Killer 0.0
February 19, 1980
More than 40 million Americans are afflicted by cardiovascular disease. NOVA examines the new information on risk facto…
Umealit: The Whale Hunters 0.0
March 4, 1980
Whaling is an integral part of Eskimo life, and a major source of food; even so, conservationists are seeking to restri…
The Safety Factor 0.0
March 11, 1980
Recent aircraft accidents have raised the question of just how safe modern commercial aviation really is. NOVA looks at…
A Mediterranean Prospect 0.0
March 18, 1980
Every year, millions of tourists converge on the Mediterranean's sunny coasts, lured by the prospect of bathing in clea…
Mr. Ludwig's Tropical Dreamland 0.0
March 25, 1980
NOVA explores the amazing Jari project of the Amazon basin. Eleven years ago, 3.5 million acres of virgin jungle were b…
The Pinks and the Blues 0.0
September 30, 1980
NOVA explores the shaping and molding of the male and female personality. From infancy through childhood, the program d…
The Cancer Detectives of Lin Xian 0.0
October 7, 1980
In one of the first films ever to come out of modern China, NOVA sifts through clues that Chinese scientists have uncov…
The Sea Behind the Dunes 0.0
October 14, 1980
One year in the intricate life of a coastal lagoon unfolds in an hour's time when NOVA documents the fragile tidal ecos…
Do We Really Need the Rockes? 0.0
October 28, 1980
Locked in the shale of the Western Rocky Mountains is more oil than in the Middle East—more than enough to solve our de…
The Big IF 0.0
November 4, 1980
Is interferon—known as IF in medical shorthand—the wonder drug and cure for cancer that some doctors claim? NOVA travel…
Voyager: Jupiter & Beyond 0.0
November 11, 1980
On Wednesday, 12 November 1980, Voyager 1 is expected to arrive at Saturn for a first time ever extensive close-up inve…
The Wizard Who Spat on the Floor 0.0
November 18, 1980
Thomas Edison is the quintessential American hero, the Wizard whose inventions revolutionized modern living. But there …
The Water Crisis 0.0
November 25, 1980
Water, water everywhere...but just how useful is it? NOVA travels to the Adirondack Mountains where acid rain is killin…
Moving Still 0.0
December 2, 1980
NOVA tells the story of still and cine photography in science—from the extraordinary work of the pioneers in the early …
A Touch of Sensitivity 0.0
December 9, 1980
The exquisite sensitivity of touch cells in the human skin makes it possible for us to discriminate with precision the …
The Red Deer of Rhum 0.0
December 23, 1980
The cuddly image of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer has become an integral part of the jollity of the Christmas season. …
It's About Time 0.0
December 30, 1980
Time—a concept which has baffled scientists and philosophers since time immemorial. Actor Dudley Moore hosts a funny, s…