Episode guide
NOVA: Season 24
21 episodes · premiered Oct 1, 1996
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- Episode 1: Einstein Revealed Oct 1, 1996 · 55m This two-hour program chronicles Albert Einstein's life and scientific achievements from his birth in 1879 to his death in 1955. The first hour follows Einstein in his quest to understand…
- Episode 2: Lost City of Arabia Oct 8, 1996 · 55m Helped by remote sensing, an expedition searches Oman's vast al-Khali desert for the lost city of Ubar.
- Episode 3: Three Men and a Balloon Oct 15, 1996 · 55m 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…
- Episode 4: Secrets of Making Money Oct 22, 1996 · 55m With a radically redesigned bill, the U.S. Treasury fights back against a new breed of counterfeiters.
- Episode 5: Top Gun Over Moscow Nov 12, 1996 · 55m Flights in Russia's powerful fighter jets are for sale to foreign travelers. So is the Russian Air Force still in the game?
- Episode 6: Shark Attack Nov 19, 1996 · 55m Sharks are known as the "perfect predators," but sometimes they slip up and attack the wrong prey—people.
- Episode 7: Odyssey of Life: The Ultimate Journey (1) Nov 24, 1996 · 55m NOVA explores the links between our individual development and the evolution of life itself.
- Episode 8: Odyssey of Life: The Unknown World (2) Nov 25, 1996 · 55m This program reveals some of the billions of practically invisible organisms that live on, in, and around us.
- Episode 9: Odyssey of Life: The Photographer's Secrets (3) Nov 26, 1996 · 55m
- Episode 10: Cracking the Ice Age Dec 31, 1996 · 55m Did the crash of continents that produced the Himalayan Mountains also trigger the Ice Age?
- Episode 11: Kaboom! Jan 14, 1997 · 55m An in-depth and heart stopping look at the ultimate chemical reaction - the explosion. Using high speed photography and dramatic reconstruction, the film will chart the tarnished history…
- Episode 12: Titanic's Lost Sister Jan 28, 1997 · 55m In a 90-minuite presentation, NOVA reveals the ancient secrets of how the pyramids were built by actually building one. A noted Egyptologist, Mark Lehner, and a professional stonemason…
- Episode 13: Secrets Of Lost Empires (1): Pyramid Feb 4, 1997 · 55m In a 90-minuite presentation, NOVA reveals the ancient secrets of how the pyramids were built by actually building one. A noted Egyptologist, Mark Lehner, and a professional stonemason…
- Episode 14: Secrets of Lost Empires: Stonehenge (1) Feb 11, 1997 · 55m 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…
- Episode 15: Secrets of Lost Empires: Inca (2) Feb 11, 1997 · 55m Even without such technological advances as wheels, arches, draft animals, iron tools, or a system of writing, the Inca—utilizing a tradition of shared labor—achieved a number of…
- Episode 16: Secrets of Lost Empires: Obelisk (3) Feb 12, 1997 · 55m 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…
- Episode 17: Secrets of Lost Empires: Colosseum (4) Feb 12, 1997 · 55m Citizens of Rome came to the Colosseum to behold free entertainment that usually came in the form of violent war games and bloody battles between humans and animals. This structure's most…
- Episode 18: Hunt for Alien Worlds Feb 18, 1997 · 55m Astronomers discover planets beyond our solar system. But is there life on them?
- Episode 19: Curse of T.rex Feb 25, 1997 · 55m How do paleontologists and commercial fossil hunters know where to look for rare and priceless dinosaur bones?
- Episode 20: Cut to the Heart Apr 8, 1997 · 55m Ever since World War II, physicians have struggled to find ways to treat heart failure, the biggest killer in the modern world.
- Episode 21: Kingdom of the Seahorse Apr 15, 1997 · 55m The world's leading sea horse biologist journeys to Australia and the Philippines to explore the secret lives of these extraordinary fish.