NOVA — Season 1, Episode 11: The Case of the Midwife Toad
Documentary • 55 min • 53 seasons, 1020 episodes • ★ 7.0/10
Episode synopsis
When 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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More episodes from Season 1
- E1The Making Of A Natural History Film
- E2Where Did the Colorado Go?
- E3Whales, Dolphins, and Men
- E4The Search For Life
- E5Last of the Cuiva
- E6Strange Sleep
- E7The Crab Nebula
- E8Bird Brain: The Mystery of Bird Navigation
- E9Are You Doing This for Me, Doctor?
- E10The First Signs Of Washoe
- E12Fusion: The Energy of Promise
- E13The Mystery Of The Anasazi