NOVA S15E13 · Pioneers of Surgery: Into the Heart

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Once unthinkable, open-heart surgery is now an everyday miracle. NOVA looks at the brave doctors and patients who make it possible.

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1. 1 1. Top Gun and Beyond1988-01-19 · 55mToday's sophisticated fighter jets can almost fly themselves, but well-trained pilots are still needed to win air battles. NOVA looks at how planes and pilots are adapting to high
2. 2 2. How to Create a Junk Food1988-01-26 · 55mJulia Child introduces NOVA's behind-the-scenes look at how science aids in the creation of snack foods.
3. 3 3. Buried in Ice1988-02-02 · 55mScientists investigate the frozen remains of members of the 19th century Franklin Expedition to the Canadian Arctic and ask why all perished.
4. 4 4. Why Planes Burn1988-02-09 · 55mAirplane fires are often deadly. NOVA looks at efforts to make fires aboard planes less likely and more survivable.
5. 5 5. Battles in the War on Cancer: A Wonder Drug on Trial1988-02-23 · 55mIn part one of a two-part special presentation, NOVA reports on the trials to determine whether the new drug Interleukin-2—the first to make use of the body's own disease-fighting
6. 6 6. Battles in the War on Cancer: Turning the Tide1988-03-01 · 55mBreast cancer claims the lives of four American women every hour. Jane Pauley of NBC News hosts and narrates this NOVA report on stepped-up efforts to reduce the death rate from th
7. 7 7. The Mystery of the Master Builders1988-03-08 · 55mPrinceton professor and author Robert Mark tracks down the engineering secrets of some of the beautiful buildings in the world including Notre Dame in Paris, St. Paul in London and
8. 8 8. Whale Rescue1988-03-15 · 55mIt was a blustery day in December 1986, and the New England Coast was in the midst of a winter storm, accompanied by strong on-shore gales and an unusually high tide—conditions per
9. 9 9. The Man Who Loved Numbers1988-03-22 · 55mNOVA explores the life of Srinivasa Ramanujan, a poor clerk from India who astounded mathematicians in the 1910s with his brilliant insight into the world of numbers.
10. 10 10. Race for the Superconductor1988-03-29 · 55mNOVA charts an electronics revolution in the making as Japan and the United States race to develop a material that will conduct electricity at room temperature with zero resistance
11. 11 11. Can You Still Get Polio?1988-04-05 · 55mMost cases of polio in this country are caused by the vaccine designed to prevent it. NOVA examines the controvery surrounding the nation's vaccine policy.
12. 12 12. Pioneers of Surgery: The Brutal Craft1988-09-06 · 55mPart one of a four-part series on the pioneers of modern surgery relives the early days, when surgery was practiced without the benefit of anaesthesia or antisceptics and patients
13. 13 13. Pioneers of Surgery: Into the Heart1988-09-13 · 55mOnce unthinkable, open-heart surgery is now an everyday miracle. NOVA looks at the brave doctors and patients who make it possible.
14. 14 14. Pioneers of Surgery: New Organs for Old1988-09-20 · 55mFrom kidneys to hearts, NOVA examines the daring attempts to replace diseased organs with transplanted ones.
15. 15 15. Pioneers of Surgery: Beyond the Knife1988-09-27 · 55mSurgeons have always been eager to help patients, even at the risk of killing them. NOVA looks at some of the excesses of surgery, and at how new drugs and technologies are renderi
16. 16 16. Can the Vatican Save the Sistine Chapel?1988-10-04 · 55mScience meets art in the controversial effort to restore Michelangelo's famous Sistine Chapel frescoes.
17. 17 17. Can the Next President Win the Space Race?1988-10-11 · 55mThirty years after Sputnik, the United States space program is mired in uncertainty, while the Russians, Europeans, Japanese and others sprint onward and upward.
18. 18 18. Do Scientists Cheat?1988-10-18 · 55mNOVA examines the troubling question of scientific fraud: How prevalent is it? Who commits it? And what happens when the perpetrators are caught?
19. 19 19. Who Shot President Kennedy?1988-11-15 · 55mUsing previously unavailable technology, NOVA probes the available evidence surrounding the 1963 assassination of John F. Kennedy.
20. 20 20. The Light Stuff1988-11-22 · 55mReliving a Greek myth takes an effort of mythic proportions, as NOVA reveals in its behind-the-scenes report of a human powered-flight across the Aegean Sea, a journey that symboli
21. 21 21. The All-American Bear1988-12-06 · 55mThe life of the shy, intelligent black bear in the wild—foraging, mating, playing and constantly preparing for its remarkable hibernation—is captured for the first time on film by
22. 22 22. Can We Make a Better Doctor?1988-12-13 · 55mNOVA embarks on a 10-year project to profile—in its entirety—the education of a doctor. In the premiere episode, we follow a handful of students as they start their freshman year a