Thomas Edison is the quintessential American hero, the Wizard whose inventions revolutionized modern living. But there was always more to Edison than met the eye. He was a complex and contradictory man; a brilliant inventor, a foolish investor; a demanding boss, a liberal benefactor - a public figure that no one ever really knew. NOVA profiles the man behind the mythical reputation.

NOVA Season 8 Episodes...

• s08e01 - The Pinks and the Blues
• s08e02 - The Cancer Detectives of Lin Xian
• s08e03 - The Sea Behind the Dunes
• s08e04 - Do We Really Need The Rockies?
• s08e05 - The Big IF
• s08e06 - Voyager: Jupiter & Beyond
• s08e07 - The Wizard Who Spat on the Floor
• s08e08 - The Water Crisis
• s08e09 - Moving Still
• s08e10 - A Touch of Sensitivity
• s08e11 - The Red Deer of Rhum
• s08e12 - It's About Time
• s08e13 - The Doctors of Nigeria
• s08e14 - Message In The Rocks
• s08e15 - The Dead Sea Lives
• s08e16 - Anatomy of a Volcano
• s08e17 - The Science of Murder
• s08e18 - The Malady of Health Care
• s08e19 - Beyond The Milky Way
• s08e20 - The Asteroid and the Dinosaur
• s08e21 - Animal Olympians
• s08e22 - Resolution on Saturn

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.