NOVA - Season 24
Season 24
Network
DatesOct 1, 1996 - Apr 15, 1997
Episodes
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.
Oct 1, 1996
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.
Oct 8, 1996
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.
Oct 15, 1996
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.
Oct 22, 1996
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
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
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
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
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
Season 24Episode 1060 min
Cracking the Ice Age
Did the crash of continents that produced the Himalayan Mountains also trigger the Ice Age
Dec 31, 1996
Season 24Episode 1160 min
Kaboom!
Explore the science of explosions - from fireworks to building demolitions.
Jan 14, 1997
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
Season 24Episode 1360 min
Secrets of Lost Empires (1): Stonehenge
Feb 11, 1997
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
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
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
Season 24Episode 1760 min
Hunt for Alien Worlds
Astronomers discover planets beyond our solar system. But is there life on them?
Feb 18, 1997
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
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
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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