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NOVA; Lord Of The Ants

06/09/2009

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Series
NOVA
Program
Lord Of The Ants
Program Number

3510

Series Description

Premiered March 1974 NOVA is a general-interest documentary series that addresses a single science issue each week. Billed as "science adventures for curious grown-ups" when it first aired in March, 1974, NOVA continues to offer an informative and entertaining approach to a challenging subject. 1996 marked NOVA's 23rd season, which makes it the longest-running science program on national television. It is also one of television's most acclaimed series, having won every major television award, most of them many times over. Series release date: 3/3/1974

Program Description

Every so often a giant emerges on the stage of science, someone who transcends the narrow boundaries of a particular line of research and alters our perspective of the world. E.O. Wilson is such a man. While studying ants, Wilson struggled to comprehend the evolutionary forces that have led workers to forage and soldiers to fight, and in doing so became the architect of a controversial new discipline: sociobiology. His appreciation of the natural world has been a driving force for his worldwide conservation efforts. E.O. Wilson is an icon of our times: the ant man who sought to explain nature on earth... and who now fights for its survival.

Duration

00:56:46

Asset Type

Broadcast program

Media Type

Video

Genres
Documentary
Topics
Science
Citation
Chicago: “NOVA; Lord Of The Ants,” 06/09/2009, GBH Archives, accessed October 16, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_89FD5F11754A42F3AB8DEDF0C9052701.
MLA: “NOVA; Lord Of The Ants.” 06/09/2009. GBH Archives. Web. October 16, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_89FD5F11754A42F3AB8DEDF0C9052701>.
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