Season
- Season 1 1999-08-09
- Season 2 2000-10-06
- Season 3 2001-09-07
- Season 4 2003-02-04
- Season 5 2003-10-14
- Season 6 2004-10-26
- Season 7 2005-10-11
- Season 8 2006-10-24
- Season 9 2007-10-16
- Season 10 2008-10-22
- Season 11 2009-09-21
- Season 12 2010-10-19
- Season 13 2011-10-13
- Season 14 2012-10-08
- Season 15 2013-10-28
- Season 16 2014-10-13
- Season 17 2015-11-09
- Season 18 2016-10-02
- Season 19 2017-11-06
- Season 20 2018-10-29
- Season 21 2019-10-28
- Season 22 2020-10-19
- Season 23 2021-10-10
- Season 24 2022-09-12
- Season 25 2023-09-18
- Season 26 2024-09-30
Season 26 Episode
- Season 10 Chicago 10
- Season 10 Dinner with the President: A Nation's Journey
- Season 10 Knee Deep
- Season 10 Lioness
- Season 10 March Point
- Season 10 The Atom Smashers
- Season 10 Wonders Are Many: The Making of "Doctor Atomic"
- Season 10 Wonders Are Many: The Making of 'Doctor Atomic'
- Season 10 Grey Gardens: From East Hampton to Broadway
- Season 10 Helvetica
- Season 10 Adjust You Color: The Truth of Petey Greene
- Season 10 Adjust Your Color: The Truth of Petey Greene
- Season 10 The Order of Myths/Bi-Racial Hair
- Season 10 The Order of Myths
- Season 10 Lakshmi and Me
- Season 10 Recycle
- Season 10 Milking the Rhino
- Season 10 Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai
- Season 10 Steal a Pencil for Me
- Season 10 At Home in Utopia
- Season 10 Wings of Defeat
- Season 10 Crips and Bloods: Made in America
- Season 10 Stranded: The Andes Plane Crash Survivors
- Season 10 Steal a Pencil for Me
- Season 10 Ask Not
Independent Lens - Season 10 Episode 6 The Atom Smashers
6.90 60 minutes THE ATOM SMASHERS explores what happens when politicians, not scientists, decide which scientific projects will be funded and which will be cut, and depicts the contradictions that arise when the most educated population in the world begins to doubt the place and value of science. Archival film and vintage footage illustrate the history of Fermilab and cultural attitudes towards science in America, with key scientific ideas brought to life through animation. Despite the setbacks, the physicists at Fermilab continue the search. Until Europe’s atom smasher goes online and starts generating the massive amounts of collisions it takes to find such a minute particle, there’s still a chance that they can win the race. As physicist John Conway says, “This work is too important not to be done somewhere.” But will it be done here in the U.S.? Or will he and the rest of the physicists at Fermilab soon be packing their bags for Europe?
