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| An explosion only requires three parts: ignition, fuel and oxygen. With this simple formula, inventors have come up with a means to destroy the world. Nova traces the history of this chemical reaction in things from fireworks to the atom bomb. Nova: Kaboom! features Alfred Noble, the scientist who discovered and exploited nitroglycerin and later invented dynamite. Noble thought the arms race would end with with this "substance with such a horrific capacity for annihilation that wars would become impossible forever." In his wake, however, scientists pressed on, coming up with an even deadlier detonation. The PBS program also introduces pyrotechnicians from around the world, like Revered Ron Lancaster, a small time fireworks vendor, and the Loizeaux family, detonators for the rich and famous. Featuring high-speed photography, Nova takes the viewer into the heart of the quest for a bigger and better boom. ~ Sarah Ing, Rovi | |
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This television documentary follows the design and improvements of racing... In this video, Nova trails along with fire detectives as they try to crack... This television documentary follows the amazing lives of ants. They... More than one million Jewish people were killed in concentration camps set... The award-winning PBS science show Nova accompanies anthropologist Don... Dao and Duan were among the oldest conjoined twins ever to be separated.... This television documentary heads to the Great Barrier Reef. Located off... In this television documentary, viewers get to see forensic experts test... Nova Video Library: B-29 Frozen in Time follows Darryl Greenamyer and his... Nova goes to Hollywood for an IMAX look into the magical world of technical... Poor air quality can be expected outside from time to time, but recent... Serving as the Freud of child psychology, Dr. Benjamin Spock revolutionized... Ebola. Possibly the most terrifying virus to ever exist. In 1995 the lethal... Narrated by "F. Murray Abraham", "Nova: Einstein Revealed" is a 120-minute... This television documentary gives a complete view of the biggest flood in... This television documentary investigates the encounters with UFOs and alien... Behold the amazing power of nature in this Nova program. This video... Why were the U.S. paper currency bills redesigned? Nova explains in "Nova:... "Nova: Shark Attack!" is an animal behavior documentary that features two... This television documentary investigates the worldwide issue of land mines.... Nova explores the state-of-the-art techniques being used by scientific... One of the most frightening elements of natural disasters is that more... While we sleep, a hidden predator prowls the night skies. Nova exposes the... "Lennart Nilsson", the famed photographer who brought us the spectacular... From the creators of Miracle of Life comes another fascinating and... What is that itch? What is lurking under the sheets in your bed and... To be the first -- that has always been a challenge to the adventurer, and... Nova visits Russia for "Nova: Top Gun Over Moscow", a thorough look at the... Fighting a high-tech war is quite different from the old methods of... For hundreds of years, the Yanomami people have led an isolated existence... Nova Video Library: Avalanche! takes a look at avalanches from several... "Nova: Bomb Squad" takes a critical look at the Felix Bomb Squad. These men... This television documentary takes a look at techniques used to assess and... This video investigates the case of the million-dollar T. Rex fossil... This television documentary shows a technique aimed at countering the... In 1997, three teams try to accomplish one of the last great aeronautical... This television show follows the race to fly faster than the speed of... This video is part of a series of programs released by the award-winning... Nova goes where no PBS program has gone before with its in-depth look at... An explosion only requires three parts: ignition, fuel and oxygen. With... A male fish who becomes pregnant and gives birth? Witness the unbelievable... Scientists have been puzzled by the behavior of young pilot whales who have... This television documentary is one in a four-part series that tests... This television documentary is one in a four-part series that tests... This television documentary is one in a four-part series that tests... This 90-minute television documentary looks at the ancient Egyptians... Who built the enigmatic Stonehenge and for what purpose? Explore the... In "Nova: Super Bridge", Nova checks out the rebuilding of the old Clark... Nova documents the mathematical feat of the century with the completion of... The White Star Line owned three ships, one was the Titanic. This Nova film... Before the 15th century, a series of earthquakes caused the city of... Nova Video Library: Animal Hospital spent a year following veterinary... This documentary follows the attempts of scientists to find a theory that... The legendary volcano Vesuvius that buried the entire city of Pompeii 2000... We may never know what drives people to risk life and limb tackling the... This television documentary follows researcher Johan Reinhard and his team... Nova accompanies archaeologists on a historic mission as they explore the... This television documentary is concerned with a 2,400-year-old frozen woman... This television documentary follows the search for the key to navigating... This television documentary investigates mummies found in the Takla Makan... This television documentary shows the creatures that come out when the sun... This edition of the PBS science show Nova explores the mysteries of the... Who were the first people to invent a writing system? Was it the Maya, who... During the Cold War, there was an ongoing race between the West and the... The aging Russian space station Mir has been plagued by a series of... England came under close scrutiny when a hair-raising new illness was... Pearls have long been coveted for their lustrous beauty and the rarity of a... A team of Nova scientists plus a brave group of candid men and their... Does it seem warmer each year? Or is it actually getting colder? While the... Nova Video Library: Battle Alert in the Gulf documents the Navy battle... Nova program Decoding Nazi Secrets is the story of Churchill's secret... Dr. O.H. Frazier first believed that by 1980, there would be 100,000 people... This documentary covers the various means and advances used in fighting... This television documentary shows the devastating effects of car crashes... This documentary follows the development of safety devices designed to help... This is a television documentary about people trying to survive in brutal... Learn about the inevitable architectural demise of the Leaning Tower of... Nova travels to the home of Japan's indigenous people, the Ainu, in this... Nova goes down deep to explore the untold stories of submersibles in Nova:... Meet Bob Massie and Steve Crohn, two long-term HIV/AIDS survivors, in the... Nova Video Library: Beast of Loch Ness documents an expedition to Loch Ness... With modern methods and precise science, Nova gets scientific to catch a... Previously relegated to the realm of science fiction novels, time travel... For the 30th anniversary of man's landing on the moon, Nova presents a... The Black-Scholes formula of economics promised to revolutionize Wall... Voyage of Doom explores the shipwreck that many have called the most... Nova explores the serious consequences of eating disorders in "Nova: Dying... Two hundred million years ago, as the supercontinent of Pangea broke up, a... In this two-hour special, Nova follows a team of divers down to the ocean... American Deborah Lipstadt brought a lawsuit against British historian... Nova reveals one of Japan's most precious resources in this video trip to... Nova journeys back to a decisive moment in the War Between the States -- a... On June 8, 1924, George Mallory and Andrew Irvine set out to achieve the... In this Nova film, anthropologist and Jewish scholar Tudor Parfitt explores... There is little glamour and plenty of hard work in the first years of... This television documentary investigates the first people to come to North... This Nova program grapples with the truly big questions of science -- what... Over 900 years ago, a technologically advanced society in China was... Easter Island is home to 1,000 human sculptures weighing approximately 80... Discover the intrigue and fascinating experience of medieval battlefields... Honoring the Egyptian Gods has never been a slight task. Can you imagine... Immerse yourself in the fascinating culture of Roman Bathhouses. Bathhouses... The International Space Station proves that man's quest to live in space is... To adequately show the inner workings of a bee colony, Nova's crew... A diamond is a diamond is a diamond, or is it? Nova exposes the decades-old... The Vikings are haunted by a bitter reputation as vicious giants and... One of the most hotly debated subjects of modern politics is the growing... How can one baby have five parents? This NOVA series explains that and much... This program is part of a series from the popular PBS science show NOVA.... Nova gained an exclusive when it secured the story rights to the life of... The much-anticipated sequencing of the human genome made global headlines... Some men will go to remarkable lengths to impress women, and this... "Lennart Nilsson" is an experimental photographer from Sweden who became... The disappearance of the Mayan nation has captivated archaeologists for... There is a tree in California whose venerable age has earned it the name of... When some of the greatest military minds of World War II were imprisoned in... This program is part of a series from the popular PBS science show NOVA.... This program is part of a series from the popular PBS science show NOVA.... The decades-long scientific quest to develop a less hazardous cigarette is... This program is part of a series from the popular PBS science show NOVA.... Originally an episode of the PBS television series Nova, this video... Nova dispels the myth that a doctor's life is glamorous in its... Death stars are stars several billion times brighter than the sun, and so... In the summer of 2000, brush and forest fires in America raged as never... Fireworks have long been one of the world's favorite ways to celebrate a... Galileo Galilei was one of the first truly revolutionary men of science;... Killer Disease on Campus is a documentary about the deadly illness known as... An episode of the science series Nova, Mysterious Life of Caves takes the... Originally broadcast on PBS, NOVA: Secrets, Lies & Atomic Spies attempts to... This volume of the PBS series NOVA investigates the past, present, and... A scientist discovers a innovative method for forecasting volcano eruptions... Among the many shocking images burned into America's collective... Made as the small-screen half of a two-part WGBH series on the adventures... In this episode of NOVA, Conrad Anker leads an expedition to climb the... NOVA: The Elegant Universe is a three-hour miniseries about the string... It is now conventional wisdom that biologist/crystallographer Rosalind... The federal government devotes extensive time, effort, and money to the... The mystery of one of the history's most notorious aviators is explored in... This PBS program documents the years preceding the completion of the Wright... NOVA accompanies geologists Volker Lorenz and Kevin Docherty throughout... In this program that originally aired mere hours after the Spirit -... The fierce competition between Boeing and Lockheed-Martin is the subject of... The remote-controlled spy jet code-named Predator is the focus of this... When the bombs start falling and the war machines start rolling, the sheer... This documentary follows meteorologists as they face the danger of "going... From the science series NOVA comes the documentary Dogs and More Dogs. Emmy... The NOVA documentary Descent into the Ice takes a look at the Mer de Glace,... Originally airing on PBS, this episode of NOVA details the events following... This documentary takes a look at a number of 2000 year old artifacts found... It was undoubtedly the most ingenious and brilliant act of self-liberation... This film examines the outbreak of Typhoid Fever that sacked the posh... NOVA reconstructs and dissects a decades-old unsolved mystery in this... After a pair of near-disastrous incidents with the Space Shuttle, all eyes... Saving the National Treasures documents the care and restoration of... This episode of the documentary series NOVA, "The Viking Deception,"... In the decades since it first arrived on television, PBS's hugely popular... In Volcano Under the City, NOVA researchers take a sojourn to Mt.... NOVA: Hurricane Katrina - The Storm That Drowned a City analyzes how... It was a little-known episode of WWII that has nonetheless gained notoriety... Not so far back, an iconoclastic geologist began theorizing - in the face... NOVA: The Perfect Corpse consists of scientists figuring out crucial facts... The prized route between the Atlantic and Pacific so desperately searched... Filmmaker Mary Olive Smith addresses the troubling topic of obstetric... As originally screened on the Boston PBS affiliate WGBH, the... The apparent acceleration in the melting of glaciers and ice sheets is... Approximately 13,000 years after the mighty mammoth and 35 other groups of... Discover what it takes to become a true member of the medical tribe as the... Join the adventure-seekers at NOVA as they seek the answers to a mystery... This installment of NOVA examines the WWII Allied initiative to locate Nazi... 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