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S01 E11 / THE CASE OF THE MIDWIFE TOAD
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EP 01
THE MAKING OF A NATURAL HISTORY FILM
EP 02
WHERE DID THE COLORADO GO?
EP 03
WHALES, DOLPHINS, AND MEN
EP 04
THE SEARCH FOR LIFE
EP 05
LAST OF THE CUIVA
EP 06
STRANGE SLEEP
EP 07
THE CRAB NEBULA
EP 08
BIRD BRAIN: THE MYSTERY OF BIRD NAVIGATION
EP 09
ARE YOU DOING THIS FOR ME, DOCTOR?
EP 10
THE FIRST SIGNS OF WASHOE
EP 11
THE CASE OF THE MIDWIFE TOAD
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FUSION: THE ENERGY OF PROMISE
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THE CASE OF THE MIDWIFE TOADWhen Paul Kammerer committed suicide in 1926, it was taken by most of his fellow biologists as a tacit admission of guilt that he had faked his experiments purporting to show the inheritance of acquired characteristics. Arthur Koestler joins NOVA in an in-depth examination of Kammerer's infamous experiment.
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