The Search for Solutions - Season 1 Episode 5 Context
An interview with a scientist who studies the songs of the humpback whale; an interview with an archaeologist who collected and painstakingly documented tiny button-like ancient clay objects -- regarded with disinterest by other scientists, who assumed they were toys or gambling pieces -- which ultimately revealed the origins of writing fifty centuries earlier than previously assumed; the work of German physicist W.C. Roentgen, whose experiments with cathode ray tubes led to the development of the X-Ray; an interview with a scientist whose work yielded an answer to the problem of why sound dies out faster in sea water than in fresh water; Dr. Ralph Nelson and colleague Nancy Bagley discuss their study of the metabolism of hibernating bears, leading Nelson to suggest that an overweight astronaut would be the most logical choice for a long space expedition; designers Ray Merry and Andrew Jones discuss their wind-inflated kite sculptures.
Year: 1980
Genre: Documentary
Country: United States of America
Studio: PBS
Director: James C. Crimmins
Cast: Stacy Keach
Crew: Michael Jackson (Director), James C. Crimmins (Writer), Brad Darrach (Writer), L.L Larison Cudmore (Writer), Gerald Jonas (Writer), James C. Crimmins (Producer)
First Air Date: Jun 10, 1980
Last Air date: Jun 24, 1980
Season: 1 Season
Episode: 9 Episode
Runtime: 26 minutes
IMDb: 10.00/10 by 1.00 users
Popularity: 0.4803
Language: English
Season
Season 1
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