When Paul Kammerer committed sleeping in 1926, it was taken by most of his fellow biologists as a tacit admission of guilt that he had faked his experiments purporting to show the inheritance of acquired characteristics. Arthur Koestler joins NOVA in an in-depth examination of Kammerer's infamous experiment.

NOVA Season 1 Episodes...

• s01e01 - The Making Of A Natural History Film
• s01e02 - Where Did The Colorado Go?
• s01e03 - Whales, Dolphins, And Men
• s01e04 - The Search For Life
• s01e05 - Last Of The Cuiva
• s01e06 - Strange Sleep
• s01e07 - The Crab Nebula
• s01e08 - Bird Brain: The Mystery Of Bird Navigation
• s01e09 - Are You Doing This For Me, Doctor?
• s01e10 - The First Signs Of Washoe
• s01e11 - The Case Of The Midwife Toad
• s01e12 - Fusion: The Energy Of Promise
• s01e13 - The Mystery Of The Anasazi

NOVA Show Summary

Seen in more than 100 countries, NOVA is the most watched science based television series in the world and the most watched documentary series on PBS. It is also one of television's most acclaimed series, having won many major television awards, most of them many times over.