Nova's Century of Discovery

NOVA'S CENTURY OF DISCOVERY是一个由五个黄金时段的纪录片组成的系列节目，将于1997年末或1998年初在美国公共广播公司（PBS）上播出。总的来说，这些节目将讲述一个全面的故事，庆祝一个非凡的发现世纪的结束。在这个世纪里，科学的进步超过了之前所有世纪的总和，每一门科学学科都经历了一场革命。然而，在20世纪即将结束的时候，科学家所知道的与大多数公众所理解的之间的差距越来越大。为了提高公众对科学、科学家和科学方法的理解，本系列将对本世纪最持久的科学努力进行戏剧性的复述和解释。每个两小时的节目将探讨几个相关的研究和应用领域：对宇宙和物质的看法；地球和生命的起源；健康、医药、人体；人的本性和行为；还有技术和工程。作为学术和娱乐的结合，NOVA的《发现的世纪》将使用其获奖制作团队所指挥的所有工具，包括档案镜头和剧照；个人账户;信件、日记和其他原始资料；电脑动画;甚至是戏剧性的再创作。的确，这个系列不仅将对公众和历史记录做出独特的贡献，而且还将为观众提供一个前所未有的机会，将100年来的科学追求作为一个统一的整体来看待，重塑他们对科学和科学家的看法，并被激起兴趣，甚至受到启发，把科学看作是人类对答案和解决方案永无止境的探索。一项特别的宣传和宣传活动将提高观众对该系列的认识，特别是在非传统的PBS观众中。此外，精心编制的教学材料将把该系列的影响范围扩大到正式和非正式的教育环境，包括高中和大学教室以及社区和青年服务组织。

NOVA'S CENTURY OF DISCOVERY is a series of five prime-time documentary specials to be shown nationally over the Public Broadcasting Service(PBS) during late 1997 or early 1998. Altogether the programs will tell a sweeping story, celebrating the end of a remarkable century of discovery when science advance further than in all previous centuries combined, and when every scientific discipline underwent a revolution. Yet the closing of the 20th century coincides with an ever-widening gap between what scientists know and what most of the public comprehends. To increase public understanding of science, scientists, and scientific methods, the series will provide a dramatic retelling and interpretation of the century's most enduring scientific endeavors. Each two-hour program will probe several related fields of investigation and application: views of the universe and of matter; origins of the planet and of life; health, medicine, and the human body; human nature and behavior; and technology and engineering. A marriage of scholarship and entertainment, NOVA'S CENTURY OF DISCOVERY will be created using all the tools at the command of its award winning production team including archival footage and stills; personal accounts; letters, dairies, and other primary sources; computer animation; and even dramatic re-creations. Indeed, the series will not only make a unique contribution to the public and historical record, but also offer viewers an unprecedented opportunity to view 100 years of scientific pursuits as a unified whole, to recast their perceptions of science and scientists, and to be intrigued, even inspired, by a view of science as a never-ending and very human quest for answers and solutions. A special outreach and promotion campaign will increase audience awareness of the series, particularly among nontraditional PBS viewers. In addition, carefully developed teaching and learning materials will extend the series' reach into formal and informal educational settings, including high school and college classrooms, and community and youth-serving organizations.