Scientific American Frontiers is an American television program primarily focused on informing the public about new technologies and discoveries in science and medicine. It is a companion program to the Scientific American magazine. The show is produced for the PBS network in the U.S., and typically airs once every two to four weeks. All shows are available for viewing on the World Wide Web (see External links section below). Technology (Gr. ... What is science? There are different theories of what science is. ... Medicine is a branch of health science concerned with maintaining health and restoring it by treating disease. ... Scientific American is one of the oldest and most serious popular-science magazines. ... 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. ... Graphic representation of the world wide web around Wikipedia The World Wide Web (WWW, or simply Web) is an information space in which the items of interest, referred to as resources, are identified by global identifiers called Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI). ...

The show first aired in 1990 with MIT professor Woodie Flowers who served as the original host from 1990 to the spring of 1993. The affable Alan Alda became the permanent host starting in the fall season of 1993 and has continued ever since. 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... MIT redirects here. ... Woodie Flowers is a MIT professor of mechanical engineering. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Alan Alda as Benjamin Franklin Hawkeye Pierce Alan Alda (born January 28, 1936 as Alphonso Joseph DAbruzzo) is an American actor, writer, director and sometime political activist. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...

Most programs include about three shorter documentaries, but some shows follow a different pattern. The show has been popular among people interested in science and technology. Some early viewers of the program who were young at the time have ended up appearing as guests in newer episodes, often stating that the program inspired them to continue their scientific pursuits. A documentary is a work in a visual or auditory medium presenting political, scientific, social, or historical subjects in a factual and informative manner. ... An episode is to television and radio what a chapter is to a book: a part of a sequence of a body of work. ...

External link

• http://www.pbs.org/saf/ Scientific American Frontiers Web site. Contains extra interviews, behind the scenes information, and all shows freely available for viewing