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Episode list

Horizon
Professor Hawking's Universe
Sun, Oct 16, 1983
  • S20.E4
  • Professor Hawking's Universe
6 /10
A Normal Face
Sun, Mar 11, 1984
  • S20.E19
  • A Normal Face
0 /10
Prisoners of Incest
Sun, Mar 18, 1984
  • S20.E20
  • Prisoners of Incest
This docudrama examines the effects of incest on a family - the secrecy, guilt, fear, and lack of communication that distort the structure of a family's relationships and make them prisoners.
0 /10
The Case of ESP

S20.E1 ∙ The Case of ESP

Sun, Sep 25, 1983
Feature-length highbrow and very scientific examination of extra-sensory perception. A non-frivolous and very serious-minded study of the phenomenon.
0 /10
The Artificial Heart

S20.E2 ∙ The Artificial Heart

Sun, Oct 02, 1983
When retired dentist Barney Clark received a total artificial heart in December 1982, it made medical history because there was no realistic prospect that it would ever be replaced with a biological transplant. Clark would be connected to a dishwasher-sized power and control unit for life. He lived 112 days.

This film tells the story of artificial hearts and ventricular assists, featuring the Clark story and interviews with his surgeon, William DeVries and also heart surgery pioneers Adrian Kantrowitz and Denton Cooley.
0 /10
Prisoners of Incest

S20.E20 ∙ Prisoners of Incest

Sun, Mar 18, 1984
This docudrama examines the effects of incest on a family - the secrecy, guilt, fear, and lack of communication that distort the structure of a family's relationships and make them prisoners.
0 /10
Editorial lists
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Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Naked Science
Wed, Dec 31, 1969
Naked Science
Rennervations
Wed, Dec 31, 1969
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An Inconvenient Truth

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