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Summary Seen in more than 100 countries, NOVA is the most watched science television series in the world and the most watched documentary series on PBS. It is also one of television's most acclaimed series, having won every major television award, most of them many times over. Each week NOVA takes an in depth look at a particular topic or ind...

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NOVA
S35 • Episode 19
The Big Energy Gamble
Air Date: Jan 20, 2009
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Summary Seen in more than 100 countries, NOVA is the most watched science television series in the world and the most watched documentary series on PBS. It is also one of television's most acclaimed series, having won every major television award, most of them many times over. Each week NOVA takes an in depth look at a particular topic or ind...

Created By: Scott Tiffany

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Season Episodes

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Episode 1 • Jan 8, 2008 • 55 m
Absolute Zero: The Conquest of Cold
Episode 2 • Jan 15, 2008 • 55 m
Absolute Zero: The Race for Absolute Zero
Nova examines scientific efforts to produce colder and colder temperatures.
Episode 3 • 2006 • 1 h 19 m
Secrets of the Parthenon
A highly sophisticated restoration team is painstakingly reassembling the Parthenon of Athens-a classic Greek building that has suffered from wars, earthquakes, and disastrous previous restoration attempts.
Episode 4 • Feb 12, 2008 • 55 m
Astrospies
This documentary investigates the background of a secret 1960s USAF space project named MOL (Manned Orbiting Laboratory) and its Russian counterpart ALMAZ.
Episode 5 • Feb 19, 2008
Ape Genius
Episode 6 • Feb 26, 2008 • 55 m
The Four-Winged Dinosaur
Episode 7 • Apr 8, 2008 • 55 m
Cracking the Maya Code
Nova examines the fascinating history behind the scientific effort to decode the Mayan writing system.
Episode 8 • Apr 22, 2008 • 55 m
Car of the Future
Click and Clack from NPR's Car Talk look at the future of motor vehicle transportation. New designs, new construction materials and new fuel sources are all discussed. Social and Political issues are also touched on lightly.
Episode 9 • May 13, 2008 • 54 m
A Walk to Beautiful
Episode 10 • May 20, 2008 • 55 m
Lord of the Ants
Episode 11 • Oct 17, 2008 • 1 h
Arctic Dinosaurs
Episode 12 • Oct 14, 2008 • 53 m
Space Shuttle Disaster
Episode 13 • Oct 21, 2008
Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives
Episode 14 • Oct 28, 2008 • 1 h
Hunting the Hidden Dimension
Episode 15 • Nov 11, 2008 • 53 m
Alien from Earth
NOVA investigates the furious scientific debate raging over what "Hobbit" bones represent.
Episode 16 • Nov 18, 2008 • 1 h 52 m
The Bible's Buried Secrets
A powerful partnership between science and scholarship breaks exciting new ground in investigating the origins of the ancient Israelites, their faith in a single, omnipotent God and the creation of the Bible.
Episode 17 • Nov 25, 2008 • 53 m
Ocean Animal Emergency
San Francisco veterinarian Dr. Frances Gulland is committed to saving sick marine mammals, but she's also desperately trying to figure out what's killing them.
Episode 18 • Dec 30, 2008 • 53 m
Is There Life on Mars?
Episode 19 • Jan 20, 2009 • 55 m
The Big Energy Gamble
Nova investigates California's aggressive pro-environment energy policies and examines whether such policies will be good or bad for business.
51 Seasons

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Jay O. Sanders

Self - Narrator

Craig Sechler

Self - Narrator, Narrator, Self

Stacy Keach

Self - Narrator, Narrator

Eric Meyers

Self - Narrator, Narrator, Narrated By

Lance Lewman

Self - Narrator, Narrator, Self

Will Lyman

Narrator, Self (narrator), Self - Narrator

Neil Ross

Narrator, Self, Self - Narrator

Liev Schreiber

Self - Narrator, Narrator

Peter Thomas

Narrator, Narrator - World War II Veteran, Self - Narrator

Talithia Williams

Self - Narrator, Self, Narrator

David Pogue

Self - Host, Self - Technology Reporter, New York Times, Self, Self - New York Times Tech Columnist

Mercer Boffey

Self, Narrator, Self - Narrator, Self - narrator

David Ogden Stiers

Self - Narrator, Narrator

Miles O'Brien

Self - Narrator, Self - Host, Reporter, Self, Self - Correspondent

Gene Galusha

Self - Narrator

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Self, Narrator, Host, Self - American Museum of Natural History, Self - American Museum of Natural History, Hayden Planetarium, Self - Narrator, narrator

Don Wescott

Self (narrator), Narrator

David Attenborough

Self - Narrator, Self - Presenter, Self - Host

Sylvester James Gates Jr.

Self, Self - University of Maryland, Self - Brown University

Andre Fenton

Self, Co-Hist, Co-Host, Self - New York University

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