The Search for Solutions (1980–1980)

1. S01E01EvidenceJune 10, 1980—An astronomer discusses his method of collecting photographic evidence; a giant hole in Arizona was learned to be the imprint of a meteorite
2. S01E02PatternsJune 10, 1980—An interview with Dr. Geerat Vermeij, a blind University of Maryland malacologist who collects mollusks and examines their shell patterns to
3. S01E03InvestigationJune 10, 1980—How a television camera was used to investigate life below the South Pole ice shelf; the use of a one-million-volt electron microscope in th
4. S01E04Trial and ErrorJune 17, 1980—An interview with David Gordon Wilson of M.I.T. who talks of trial and error as a focused learning process; an interview with Paul MacCready
5. S01E05ContextJune 17, 1980—An interview with a scientist who studies the songs of the humpback whale; an interview with an archaeologist who collected and painstakingl
6. S01E06AdaptationJune 17, 1980—A scientist brings solar energy equipment to address the needs of a small Egyptian village; an ingenious solution to the possible loss of bl
7. S01E07ModelingJune 24, 1980—Sculptor Henry Moore discusses the small-scale working models he creates for his massive bronze sculptures; a designer works with an underwa
8. S01E08TheoryJune 24, 1980—A scientist whose intuitive theory about ancient Native American monuments in the Big Horn Mountains of Wyoming turned out to be true; a dis
9. S01E09PredictionJune 24, 1980—Some predictions of sixteenth-century Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe were found to be incredibly accurate; a scientist studies the San Andrea

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