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The Search for Solutions

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  • Status: Ended
  • First Aired: June 10, 1980
  • Seasons: 1
  • Episodes: 9
  • Networks: PBS
  • Genres: Documentary
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The Search for Solutions(1980)

TMDB Rating: 10.0 (1 votes)

Overview

A nine part television series, produced by J.C. Crimmins for PBS. Music composed, arranged and performed by Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays. The stated purpose of “The Search for Solutions” is to stimulate interest in science and technology, primarily among the young. The film comprises nine 18-minute sections touching on various aspects of scientific inquiry that its makers say can be shown as a whole, as it is in this engagement, or in any combination of its parts.

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Season 1 Poster

Season 1

9 episodes • 1980

#EpisodeAir DateRating
1EvidenceJun 10, 19800.0
2PatternsJun 10, 19800.0
3InvestigationJun 10, 19800.0
4Trial and ErrorJun 17, 19800.0
5ContextJun 17, 19800.0
6AdaptationJun 17, 19800.0
7ModelingJun 24, 19800.0
8TheoryJun 24, 19800.0
9PredictionJun 24, 19800.0

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