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S17E01 - The Hidden City Air Date: 04 October 1989 01:00 -

Exposing four essential public infrastructure systems that city dwellers depend on: electricity, water, sewage and sanitation. Filmed in New York City and hosted by Judd Hirsch.

S17E02 - The Controversial Dr. Koop Air Date: 11 October 1989 01:00 -

In this profile of former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, NOVA follows events as they unfold in a unique behind-the-scenes account of a man who speaks his mind on AIDS, smoking and abortion.

S17E03 - Design Wars! Air Date: 18 October 1989 01:00 -

Five architects compete for the approval of architecture-obsessed Chicagoan's in the contest to build the city's new public library. NOVA looks at the strengths and weakness of each of the surprisingly varied entries.

S17E04 - Echoes of War Air Date: 25 October 1989 01:00 -

The atomic bomb might have ended World War II, but radar was the quiet miracle that won battles. NOVA tells the little-known wartime history of radar.

S17E05 - Decoding the Book of Life Air Date: 01 November 1989 02:00 -

Biologists around the world gear up to decode the three-billion-letter genetic message that describes how humans are made. Ethicists warn that it may not be such a good idea.

S17E06 - Hurricane! Air Date: 08 November 1989 02:00 -

NOVA studies hurricanes—the lurking giants waiting to destroy many coastal areas—by flying straight into one. Scientists hope that such close-up studies will supply the data to make better predictions.

S17E07 - Will Venice Survive Its Rescue Air Date: 15 November 1989 02:00 -

Increasingly awash in high water, the romantic city of Venice is counting on high-tech floodgates to save it from drowning. Environmentalists worry that the gates may destroy the fragile lagoon that surrounds the city.

S17E08 - What Is Music Air Date: 22 November 1989 02:00 -

NOVA explores the science of musical sound—from what makes a classic violin to how the human brain perceives music. Bells, trumpets, human voices and computers all perform.

S17E09 - Yellowstone's Burning Question Air Date: 06 December 1989 02:00 -

The 1988 Yellowstone fire may have been one of the worst in human memory, but nature has had eons of experience with such events. NOVA accompanies scientists who are studying the surprisingly rapid recovery from the blaze. Narrated by Peter Thomas.

S17E10 - The Schoolboys Who Cracked the Soviet Secret Air Date: 13 December 1989 02:00 -

NOVA re-enacts a classic case of classroom detection when English schoolboys track down a secret Soviet launch site.

S17E11 - Poison in the Rockies Air Date: 10 January 1990 02:00 -

NOVA reports on the 100-year-old legacy of pollution from mining that poisons the once-pristine waters of the Rocky Mountain states. Acid Rain and economic development also contribute to stress on the West's scarce water supply.

S17E12 - Race for the Top Air Date: 24 January 1990 02:00 -

Using some of the largest machines ever built, American and European physicists race to discover one of the most fundamental and most elusive objects in nature—the top quark.

S17E13 - Disguises of War Air Date: 07 February 1990 02:00 -

NOVA takes the wraps off the art of deception in war—from simple camouflage to the expensive, radar-evading technology embodied in the Stealth bomber.

S17E14 - The Bomb's Lethal Legacy Air Date: 14 February 1990 02:00 -

NOVA examines an alarming nuclear waste problem at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in eastern Washington state, where 45 years of mismanagement in the nuclear weapons industry will cost billions to correct.

S17E15 - The Big Spill Air Date: 28 February 1990 02:00 -

Covering last year's Exxon Valdez oil spill from an unexplored angle, NOVA focuses on how technology failed in preventing, containing and cleaning up the Alaskan disaster.

S17E16 - The Genius That Was China: Rise of the Dragon Air Date: 16 March 1990 02:00 -

China in the 13th century was the richest, most powerful, most technologically advanced civilization on earth. NOVA looks at how China achieved what it did, and what in Chinese politics, culture and economy kept it from doing more.

S17E17 - The Genius That Was China: Empires in Collision Air Date: 21 March 1990 02:00 -

NOVA examines the extraordinary transformation that propelled Europe outward into the world from the 15th to 18th centuries, while China remained the insular middle kingdom.

S17E18 - The Genius That Was China: The Threat from Japan Air Date: 28 March 1990 02:00 -

East and West came into direct conflict over trade and power in the 19th century. The West won. NOVA explores how Japan was later able to master Western methods, while China was not.

S17E19 - The Genius That Was China: Will the Dragon Rise Again? Air Date: 04 April 1990 01:00 -

NOVA covers China's long road to economic and technological equality with the West, punctuated by frequent setbacks such as the 1989 massacre of pro-democratic demonstrations in Beijing.

S17E20 - What's Killing the Children? Air Date: 19 December 1990 02:00 -

S17E21 - Hurricane! Air Date: 19 December 1990 02:00 -

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