Smashing matter into ever smaller pieces in an attempt to find its fundamental building blocks has produced a confused nightmare of particles. NOVA looks at this on-again, off-again story-one of sciences's most mysterious-and, one of the most expensive, involving some of the biggest machines in the world.

NOVA Season 2 Episodes...

• s02e01 - Why Do Birds Sing?
• s02e02 - How Much Do You Smell?
• s02e03 - The Hunting Of The Quark
• s02e04 - The Secrets Of Sleep
• s02e05 - Inside The Golden Gate
• s02e06 - The Men Who Painted Caves
• s02e07 - Red Sea Coral
• s02e08 - War From The Air
• s02e09 - What Time Is Your Body?
• s02e10 - The Rise And Fall Of DDT
• s02e11 - Take The World From Another Point Of View
• s02e12 - The Lysenko Affair
• s02e13 - The Tuaregs
• s02e14 - The Plutonium Connection
• s02e15 - The Other Way
• s02e16 - The Lost World Of The Maya
• s02e17 - Will The Fishing Have To Stop?

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.