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The Artificial Heart
NOVA - S10 - E10
Seattle dentist Barney Clark received the first artificial heart implant in 1982. He died in March 1983, having survived 112 days with the world's first permanent, pneumatic, totally artificial heart. NOVA follows the case with the surgeon, William DeVries, and looks at the prospects for this technology to save lives. It also explored the work of Dr. William F. Bernhard on the Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) ongoing at the Cardiovascular Surgical Research Laboratories, Boston Children's Hospital Medical Center.
NOVA: Season 10 - 21 Episode s
10x1 - Hawaii: Crucible of Life
January 18, 1983
This land of fire and beauty is the most isolated island chain in the world. NOVA cameras uncover an extraordinary world far from the teeming tourist hotels, one filled with unique life forms, but also scarred by tragic extinction.
10x2 - The Pleasure of Finding Things Out
January 25, 1983
NOVA captivates a remarkably candid portrait of Nobel prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman, a man of few pretensions and tremendous personal charm, who speaks with the same passion about a child's toy wagon and the frontiers of subatomic physics.
10x3 - Lassa Fever
February 8, 1983
A gripping docudrama about a mysterious, highly lethal disease which struck a village in Nigeria in 1969, and the frustrating, seesaw battle against it. NOVA recounts how public health workers came perilously close to accidentally releasing a deadly virus in the US.
10x4 - The Miracle of Life
February 15, 1983
NOVA presents the first film ever made of the incredible chain of events which turns a sperm and an egg into a newborn baby. Amazing photographic techniques give the viewers the feeling of being reduced to the size of cells, following the sperm on its perilous voyage toward the egg, and meeting protectors and enemies along the way—like Ulysses on a microscopic odyssey.
10x5 - Asbestos: A Lethal Legacy
March 1, 1983
Every 58 minutes between now and the end of the century, one American will die from asbestos exposure. NOVA turns its spotlight on the tragic consequences of asbestos use and on the current controversy over who is responsible.
10x6 - City of Coral
March 8, 1983
NOVA takes a spellbinding voyage through one of the world's most fascinating and colorful ecosystems: a coral reef, where the line between plants and animals is blurred, "rocks" move, eat and fight, fish farm, and weak animals borrow the shields and weapons of stronger ones.
10x7 - Fat Chance in a Thin World
March 22, 1983
"Why can't I lose weight?" It's a question many Americans ask themselves everyday. NOVA comes up with some surprising answers about weight and dieting that could have significant impact on our daily lives.
10x8 - Sixty Minutes to Meltdown
March 29, 1983
The accident at Three Mile Island made front page news all over the world and rocked the entire nuclear power industry. In this special 90-minute broadcast, NOVA presents a docudrama chronicling the minute-by-minute events leading up to the accident and examines the questions raised about safety confronting nuclear power industry today.
10x9 - Signs of the Apes, Songs of the Whales
October 11, 1983
The dream of talking with animals has been with us for centuries. NOVA explores the latest research, from language experiments with dolphins and apes to studies of animal calls in the wild.
10x10 - The Artificial Heart
October 18, 1983
Seattle dentist Barney Clark received the first artificial heart implant in 1982. He died in March 1983, having survived 112 days with the world's first permanent, pneumatic, totally artificial heart. NOVA follows the case with the surgeon, William DeVries, and looks at the prospects for this technology to save lives. It also explored the work of Dr. William F. Bernhard on the Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) ongoing at the Cardiovascular Surgical Research Laboratories, Boston Children's Hospital Medical Center.
10x11 - Talking Turtle
October 25, 1983
NOVA looks at computers in the classroom through the eyes of MIT's Seymour Papert, father of the Turtle—a computerized robot that crawls on the floor and talks in versatile language even five-year-olds can learn.
10x12 - Papua New Guinea: Anthropology on Trial
November 1, 1983
Remote tribes and exotic islanders have been made known to the world through the lens of anthropology. But in recent years, some of these people have begun to object. NOVA travels to Margaret Mead's Papua New Guinea and looks at anthropology from the other side.
10x13 - To Live Until You Die: The Work of Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
November 8, 1983
Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross has become a legend in her lifetime for her work with the dying. For the first time on American television, her explorations with patients are captured in film, as NOVA presents an intimate portrait of the Swiss-born psychiatrist at work.
10x14 - A Magic Way of Going: The Story of Thoroughbreds
November 15, 1983
Can the thoroughbred horse run any faster? NOVA examines the billion-dollar horse racing industry in its search for the magic combination of speed, stamina and the will to win.
10x15 - A Normal Face: The Wonders of Plastic Surgery
November 22, 1983
When plastic surgeons repair the shattered face of a soldier or rescue a child from a disfiguring disease, the victory is more than skin-deep. NOVA looks at the history, heroes and miracles of plastic surgery in mending the accidents of war and birth.
10x16 - Captives of Care
November 29, 1983
Patients at an Australian institution for the severely handicapped rebel against a pair of over-zealous custodians. This astonishing true story was filmed as a docudrama, written and performed by the patients themselves.
10x17 - Twenty-Five Years in Space
December 6, 1983
As the American space program celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, NOVA chronicles the effects of the space age on Earth, drawing on popular music, film and television archives from the last quarter of a century.
10x18 - Nuclear Strategy for Beginners
December 13, 1983
Will nuclear weapons deter World War III or only make it more likely? NOVA explores the military strategies of the nuclear age, now that the challenge may no longer be to win global war but to prevent it.
10x19 - The Climate Crisis
December 20, 1983
This summer's record temperatures may be one of the signs that the earth's atmosphere is warming up. NOVA looks at the climate predictions and hazard warnings for the next century, based on the effects of our soaring consumption of Fossil fuels.
10x20 - Eyes Over China
December 27, 1983
NOVA documents a dramatic encounter in international medicine when an American plane lands in China—equipped with a state-of-the-art eye-operating theater—and two very different medical systems meet eyeball to eyeball.
10x21 - Alcoholism: Life Under The Influence
January 10, 1984
In a culture laced with alcohol, the search for a scientific understanding of alcoholism is as complex as the disease. In an interdisciplinary report, NOVA looks at the many faces of alcoholism—medical, historical and social.
NOVA: All seasons
S0: Specials
9 Episode s
S1: Season 1
13 Episode s
S2: Season 2
17 Episode s
S3: Season 3
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S4: Season 4
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S5: Season 5
21 Episode s
S6: Season 6
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S14: Season 14
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S15: Season 15
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S18: Season 18
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S21: Season 21
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S22: Season 22
13 Episode s
S23: Season 23
19 Episode s
S24: Season 24
21 Episode s
S25: Season 25
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S26: Season 26
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S27: Season 27
21 Episode s
S28: Season 28
17 Episode s
S29: Season 29
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S30: Season 30
16 Episode s
S31: Season 31
18 Episode s
S32: Season 32
18 Episode s
S33: Season 33
20 Episode s
S34: Season 34
15 Episode s
S35: Season 35
17 Episode s
S36: Season 36
17 Episode s
S37: Season 37
18 Episode s
S38: Season 38
18 Episode s
S39: Season 39
19 Episode s
S40: Season 40
20 Episode s
S41: Season 41
22 Episode s
S42: Season 42
22 Episode s
S43: Season 43
22 Episode s
S44: Season 44
28 Episode s
S45: Season 45
23 Episode s
S46: Season 46
23 Episode s
S47: Season 47
16 Episode s
S48: Season 48
25 Episode s
S49: Season 49
19 Episode s
S50: Season 50
18 Episode s
S51: Season 51
21 Episode s