Nova is a popular science television series from the USA produced by WGBH and can be seen on PBS and in more than 100 countries. Nova is the most-watched science television series in the world. It is also one of television's most acclaimed series, having won every major television award, most of them many times over. In 1998, the National Science Board of the National Science Foundation awarded Nova its first-ever Public Service Award. Narrators include Neil Ross. For the scientific journal named Science, see Science (journal). ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... Stacy Keach (born June 2, 1941) is an American actor and narrator. ... Peter John Mitchell Thomas, Baron Thomas of Gwydir, PC, (July 31, 1920-) was a Welsh Conservative politician. ... Neil Ross Neil Ross (born c. ... PBS re-directs here; for alternate uses see PBS (disambiguation) PBS logo The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is a non-profit public broadcasting television service with 349 member TV stations in the United States. ... March 3 is the 62nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (63rd in leap years). ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... February 22 is the 53rd day of every year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is not about the magazine, Popular Science Popular science is interpretation of science intended for a general audience, rather than for other scientists or students. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... WGBH is an established public television and public radio broadcast service located in Boston, Massachusetts. ... PBS re-directs here; for alternate uses see PBS (disambiguation) PBS logo The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is a non-profit public broadcasting television service with 349 member TV stations in the United States. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent United States government agency responsible for supporting basic science research mainly by providing research funding. ... Neil Ross Neil Ross (born c. ...

Whenever possible, Nova includes interviews with scientists directly involved in the subject, and occasionally footage from the actual moment of a particular discovery. Some episodes have focused on historical aspects of science. Examples of topics include Colditz Castle, Drake equation, elementary particles, Fermat's last theorem, global warming, moissanite, Project Jennifer, storm chasing, Unterseeboot 869, and Vinland. Colditz Castle in April 1945. ... The Drake equation (also known as the Green Bank equation or the Sagan equation) is a famous result in the speculative fields of xenobiology, astrosociobiology and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. ... In particle physics, an elementary particle is a particle of which other, larger particles are composed. ... Pierre de Fermat Fermats last theorem (sometimes abbreviated as FLT and also called Fermats great theorem) is one of the most famous theorems in the history of mathematics. ... Global mean surface temperatures 1856 to 2004 Mean temperature anomalies during the period 1995 to 2004 with respect to the average temperatures from 1940 to 1980 Global warming is an increase in the average temperature of the Earths atmosphere and oceans. ... Moissanite is a trade name given to silicon carbide (chemical formula SiC) for use in the gem business. ... Jennifer was the code name for the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) project to recover a sunken Soviet submarine K-129 from the Pacific Ocean floor in the summer of 1974, using the purpose-built ship Glomar Explorer. ... NSSL vehicles on Project Vortex, equipped with surface measurement equipment. ... Unterseeboot 869 (U-869) was a Type IXC/40 U-boat of the Kriegsmarine whose wreck was discovered off the coast of New Jersey in 1991. ... The Vinland map. ...

The Nova programs are praised for their good pacing, clear writing, and crisp editing, with a website accompanying each segment. Even Nova's websites win awards.

The executive producer of Nova since 1975 has been Paula S. Apsell. Other executive producers included Michael Ambrosino and John Mansfield. See also: 1974 in television, other events of 1975, 1976 in television and the list of years in television. For the American network television schedule, please see 1975-76 American network television schedule. ...

Awards

Nova has been recognized with multiple Peabody Awards and Emmy Awards. The series won a Peabody in 1974, citing it as "an imaginative series of science adventures", with a "versatility rarely found in television". Subsequent Peabodys went to specific episodes: The George Foster Peabody Awards, more commonly known as simply the Peabody Awards, are annual international awards given for excellence in radio and television broadcasting and cable television. ... An Emmy Award. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ...

• "The Miracle of Life" (1983) was cited as a "fascinating and informative documentary of the human reproductive process" which used "revolutionary microphotographic techniques". The episode also won an Emmy.
• "Spy Machines" (1987) was cited for "neatly recount[ing] the key events of the Cold War and look[ing] into the future of American/Soviet SDI competition."
• "The Elegant Universe" (2003) was cited for exploring "science’s most elaborate and ambitious theory, the string theory" while making "the abstract concrete, the complicated clear, and the improbable understandable" by "blending factual story telling with animation, special effects, and trick photography." The episode also won an Emmy.

The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (responsible for documentary Emmys) recognized the series with awards in 1978, 1981, 1983, and 1989. Julia Cort won an Emmy in 2001 for writing "Life's Greatest Miracle". Emmys were also awarded for the following episodes: 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the generic term for a high-tension struggle between countries, see cold war (war). ... The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), commonly called Star Wars after the popular science fiction series, was a system proposed by U.S. President Ronald Reagan on March 23, 1983 to use space-based systems to protect the United States from attack by strategic nuclear missiles. ... The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory is a book by Brian Greene which introduces string theory and provides a comprehensive though non-technical assessment of the theory and some of its shortcomings. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... String theory is a model of fundamental physics whose building blocks are one-dimensional extended objects (strings) rather than the zero-dimensional points (particles) that are the basis of the Standard Model of particle physics. ... The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences or NATAS is branch of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences based in New York City. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

• 1982 "Here's Looking at You, Kid"
• 1983 "The Miracle of Life" (also won a Peabody)
• 1985 "AIDS: Chapter One", "Acid Rain: New Bad News"
• 1992 "Suicide Mission to Chernobyl", "The Russian Right Stuff"
• 1994 "Secret of the Wild Child"
• 1995 "Siamese Twins", "Secret of the Wild Child"
• 1999 "Decoding Nazi Secrets"
• 2001 "Bioterror"
• 2002 "Galileo's Battle for the Heavens", "Mountain of Ice", "Shackleton's Voyage of Endurance", "Why the Towers Fell"
• 2003 "Battle of the X-Planes", "The Elegant Universe" (also won a Peabody)

Three episodes were nominated for 2004 Emmys: Acid rain is defined as any type of precipitation with a pH of below 5. ... Chernobyl area. ... Vinson Massif is the highest mountain of Antarctica, located about 1,200 km (750 mi) from the South Pole. ... The Discovery Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (February 15, 1874 – January 5, 1922) was an Anglo-Irish explorer, now chiefly remembered for his Antarctic expedition of 1914–1916 in the ship Endurance. ... Endurance was the three-masted barquentine in which Sir Ernest Shackleton sailed for the Antarctic on the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition in 1914. ... A New York City firefighter looks up at the remains of the World Trade Center, two days after its collapse The collapse of the World Trade Center was caused by the September 11, 2001 attacks that sent one hijacked airliner into each of the main towers of the World Trade...

"Mars Dead or Alive"

"The Crash of Flight 111"

"The Most Dangerous Woman in America"

Underwriters

Nova has had many underwriters over its 30+ year history, starting with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the viewers/stations of PBS. Other underwriters included The National Science Foundation, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Exxon (prior to its merger with Mobil), TRW, Johnson & Johnson, AlliedSignal (with Allied Corporation as its precursor; it was bought out by Honeywell in 1999), Prime Computer (before being renamed Computervision in 1999), Lockheed Corporation (before merging with Martin Marietta to become Lockheed Martin in 1995), Merck & Co., Prudential, Northwestern Mutual, CNET, Sprint Corporation, Microsoft, and Google. Debt & Equity underwriting Debt and equity underwriting is the concept of securing the price and sale of a new issue of stocks or bonds. ... The Corporation for Public Broadcastings logo The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) is a private non-profit corporation which is chartered and funded by the United States Federal Government to promote public broadcasting. ... PBS re-directs here; for alternate uses see PBS (disambiguation) PBS logo The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is a non-profit public broadcasting television service with 349 member TV stations in the United States. ... The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent United States government agency responsible for supporting basic science research mainly by providing research funding. ... The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is a private, independent grantmaking institution. ... Exxon Mobil Corporation or ExxonMobil NYSE: XOM, headquartered in Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas, Texas, is the largest publicly-traded oil producer and distributor in the world, formed on November 30, 1999, by the merger of Exxon and Mobil. ... TRW Incorporated was an American corporation involved in a number of businesses, mostly defense-related, but including automotive supply and credit reporting. ... Johnson & Johnson NYSE: JNJ is an international pharmaceutical, medical devices and consumer packaged goods manufacturer founded in 1885. ... AlliedSignal was an aerospace, automotive and engineering company that acquired and merged with Honeywell for $15Bn in 1999, after which the new group adopted the Honeywell name. ... Honeywell NYSE: HON is a major American multinational corporation that produces electronic control systems and automation equipment. ... Prime Computer was a Natick, Massachusetts-based producer of minicomputers from 1972 until 1992. ... Computervision, Inc. ... The Lockheed SR-71 was remarkably advanced for its time and remains unsurpassed in many areas of performance. ... Martin Marietta Corporation was founded in 1961 through the merger of The Martin Company and American-Marietta Corporation. ... Lockheed/BAE/Northrop F-35 Lockheed Trident missile C-130 Hercules; in production since the 1950s, now as the C-130J Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is an aerospace manufacturer formed in 1995 by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta. ... Merck & Co. ... Prudential plc is a United Kingdom based financial services company. ... Northwestern Mutual Financial Network is an insurance company based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. ... CNET Networks Inc. ... Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE: S), headquartered in Reston, Virginia, is one of the largest telecommunications companies in the United States. ... Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT, HKEx: 4338) is the worlds largest software company, with 2005 global annual sales of 40 billion US dollars and nearly 60,000 employees in 85 countries and regions. ... Google, Inc. ...

External link

• Official website
• "Nova" (1974) at the Internet Movie Database