NOVA

NOVA (1974 – ...)

1974 • 53 seasons • Documentary • TV-PG

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Episode 16 — Can the Vatican Save the Sistine Chapel?

Season 15 • NOVA

Released: 1988-10-04 • Documentary

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Science meets art in the controversial effort to restore Michelangelo's famous Sistine Chapel frescoes.

Episodes

Episode 1
Top Gun and Beyond
1988-01-19

Episode 2
How to Create a Junk Food
1988-01-26

Episode 3
Buried in Ice
1988-02-02

Episode 4
Why Planes Burn
1988-02-09

Episode 5
Battles in the War on Cancer: A Wonder Drug on Trial
1988-02-23

Episode 6
Battles in the War on Cancer: Turning the Tide
1988-03-01

Episode 7
The Mystery of the Master Builders
1988-03-08

Episode 8
Whale Rescue
1988-03-15

Episode 9
The Man Who Loved Numbers
1988-03-22

Episode 10
Race for the Superconductor
1988-03-29

Episode 11
Can You Still Get Polio?
1988-04-05

Episode 12
Pioneers of Surgery: The Brutal Craft
1988-09-06

Episode 13
Pioneers of Surgery: Into the Heart
1988-09-13

Episode 14
Pioneers of Surgery: New Organs for Old
1988-09-20

Episode 15
Pioneers of Surgery: Beyond the Knife
1988-09-27

Episode 16
Can the Vatican Save the Sistine Chapel?
1988-10-04

Episode 17
Can the Next President Win the Space Race?
1988-10-11

Episode 18
Do Scientists Cheat?
1988-10-18

Episode 19
Who Shot President Kennedy?
1988-11-15

Episode 20
The Light Stuff
1988-11-22

Episode 21
The All-American Bear
1988-12-06

Episode 22
Can We Make a Better Doctor?
1988-12-13

Information

Episode air date	04.10.1988
Episode runtime	55 min
Episode rating	0.00
Genres	Documentary
TMDB series rating	7.0
IMDb series rating	8.7
Series status	Returning series
Age rating	6+
Country	US

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