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NOVA; Race to Catch a Buckyball
10/11/1995
Mono. Repaired full mix w/ new narration on 5/15/96
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- Series
- NOVA
- Program
- Race to Catch a Buckyball
- Program Number
2216
- 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
In 1985 a chemist looking at stardust, paired with one searching for brand new materials, stumbled across what science said could not exist -- a third form of carbon. They named the soccer ball-shaped molecules "Buckminsterfullerene" after the architect who invented the geodesic dome. Today "Buckyballs," as the molecules are playfully known, are revolutionizing chemistry and promise countless technological applications. NOVA traces this remarkable tale of serendipity in scientific discovery.
- Duration
00:56:40
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Video
- Genres
- Documentary
- Topics
- Science
- Citation
- Chicago: “NOVA; Race to Catch a Buckyball,” 10/11/1995, GBH Archives, accessed June 2, 2023, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_9821F75EC2E34232AC88F0D2D66B7E8F.
- MLA: “NOVA; Race to Catch a Buckyball.” 10/11/1995. GBH Archives. Web. June 2, 2023. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_9821F75EC2E34232AC88F0D2D66B7E8F>.
- APA: NOVA; Race to Catch a Buckyball. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_9821F75EC2E34232AC88F0D2D66B7E8F