NOVA - Season 24

NOVA - Season 24

Season 24

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DatesOkt. 1, 1996 - Apr. 15, 1997
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Episodes

Einstein Revealed
Season 24Episode 160 min

Einstein Revealed

Meet the young patent clerk whose ideas about light, space, and time have transformed our view of the universe.
Okt. 1, 1996
Lost City of Arabia
Season 24Episode 260 min

Lost City of Arabia

Helped by remote sensing, an expedition searches Oman's vast al-Khali desert for the lost city of Ubar.
Okt. 8, 1996
Three Men and a Balloon
Season 24Episode 360 min

Three Men and a Balloon

One of the final aeronautics challenges left in the world today does not involve the use of a plane, a rocket, or even an engine. No one has yet been able to circumnavigate the earth in a balloon. Any team attempting the feat would have to fly higher than most planes ever fly and would need a passenger capsule that could both offer protection from extreme cold and carry the proper navigation and life support equipment. Depending on the powerful jet stream to propel them, crew members would have to plot their course carefully and plan their schedule to coincide with the most advantageous winds. Even landing would be a risky venture. This program follows a team of three adventurers as they attempt to make just such a journey.
Okt. 15, 1996
Secrets of Making Money
Season 24Episode 460 min

Secrets of Making Money

With a radically redesigned bill, the U.S. Treasury fights back against a new breed of counterfeiters.
Okt. 22, 1996
Top Gun Over Moscow
Season 24Episode 560 min

Top Gun Over Moscow

Flights in Russia's powerful fighter jets are for sale to foreign travelers. So is the Russian Air Force still in the game?
Nov. 12, 1996
Shark Attack
Season 24Episode 660 min

Shark Attack

Sharks are known as the "perfect predators," but sometimes they slip up and attack the wrong prey—people.
Nov. 19, 1996
Odyssey of Life: The Ultimate Journey
Season 24Episode 760 min

Odyssey of Life: The Ultimate Journey

In this three part series, Lennart Nilsson's extraordinary microphotography reveals a world we've never seen—within and on ourselves. (Part 1 of 3)
Nov. 24, 1996
Odyssey of Life: The Unknown World
Season 24Episode 860 min

Odyssey of Life: The Unknown World

In this three part series, Lennart Nilsson's extraordinary microphotography reveals a world we've never seen—within and on ourselves. (Part 2 of 3)
Nov. 25, 1996
Odyssey of Life: The Photographer's Secrets
Season 24Episode 960 min

Odyssey of Life: The Photographer's Secrets

In this three part series, Lennart Nilsson's extraordinary microphotography reveals a world we've never seen—within and on ourselves. (Part 3 of 3)
Nov. 26, 1996
Cracking the Ice Age
Season 24Episode 1060 min

Cracking the Ice Age

Did the crash of continents that produced the Himalayan Mountains also trigger the Ice Age
Dez. 31, 1996
Kaboom!
Season 24Episode 1160 min

Kaboom!

Explore the science of explosions - from fireworks to building demolitions.
Jan. 14, 1997
Titanic's Lost Sister
Season 24Episode 1260 min

Titanic's Lost Sister

Underwater explorer Robert Ballard uses sonar technology to find the Britannic, a ship lost in the Aegean in World War I.
Jan. 28, 1997
Secrets of Lost Empires (1): Stonehenge
Season 24Episode 1360 min

Secrets of Lost Empires (1): Stonehenge

Feb. 11, 1997
Secrets of Lost Empires (2): Inca
Season 24Episode 1460 min

Secrets of Lost Empires (2): Inca

A distinctive feature of this stone site are the trilithons, which consist of two upright stones topped by a horizontal lintel stone. In this program, the NOVA team considers how to transport and raise the massive stones, as well as how to place the lintel stone on top. By comparing different strategies and adapting ramps, levers, and other tools that might have been available to the ancient builders, the team works to meet the challenge.
Feb. 11, 1997
Secrets of Lost Empires (3): Obelisk
Season 24Episode 1560 min

Secrets of Lost Empires (3): Obelisk

Experts take on the challenge of raising a 40-ton obelisk without using modern technology
Feb. 12, 1997
Secrets of Lost Empires (4): Colosseum
Season 24Episode 1660 min

Secrets of Lost Empires (4): Colosseum

Pharaohs who built magnificent temples to preserve their names for eternity often graced temple gates with pairs of obelisks, four-sided shafts of granite that taper gently upward until the sides meet at the top to form a pyramid shape. NOVA's team of experts attempts to build, transport, and raise a scale model obelisk using those materials available to ancient Egyptian engineers: rope, dirt, sticks, and stones.
Feb. 12, 1997
Hunt for Alien Worlds
Season 24Episode 1760 min

Hunt for Alien Worlds

Astronomers discover planets beyond our solar system. But is there life on them?
Feb. 18, 1997
Curse of T. Rex
Season 24Episode 1860 min

Curse of T. Rex

How do paleontologists and commercial fossil hunters know where to look for rare and priceless dinosaur bones?
Feb. 25, 1997
Cut to the Heart
Season 24Episode 1960 min

Cut to the Heart

Ever since World War II, physicians have struggled to find ways to treat heart failure, the biggest killer in the modern world.
Apr. 8, 1997
Kingdom of the Seahorse
Season 24Episode 2060 min

Kingdom of the Seahorse

The world's leading sea horse biologist journeys to Australia and the Philippines to explore the secret lives of these extraordinary fish.
Apr. 15, 1997

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