William H. Whyte's insightful and humorous look at city parks, plazas and streets, and the people who use them. Whyte shows the remarkable research he did over a period of many years to find out why some city squares and small parks are enjoyable while others are so dreary. His work led to the transformation of some New York City plazas from barren to bustling. Whyte shows how any city - large or small - can lick the problem of downtown dreariness.

NOVA Season 9 Episodes...

• s09e01 - Computers, Spies and Private Lives
• s09e02 - Why America Burns
• s09e03 - The Great Violin Mystery
• s09e04 - Cosmic Fire
• s09e05 - Locusts: War Without End
• s09e06 - Did Darwin Get It Wrong?
• s09e07 - Artists in the Lab
• s09e08 - Notes of a Biology Watcher: A Film with Lewis Thomas
• s09e09 - City Spaces, Human Places
• s09e10 - Twins
• s09e11 - Salmon on the Run
• s09e12 - Test-Tube Babies: A Daughter For Judy
• s09e13 - A Field Guide to Roger Tory Peterson
• s09e14 - The Hunt for the Legion Killer
• s09e15 - Finding a Voice
• s09e16 - The Television Explosion
• s09e17 - Life: Patent Pending
• s09e18 - Palace of Delights
• s09e19 - Animal Impostors
• s09e20 - Aging: The Methuselah Syndrome

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.