American Genius(2015)
Documentary
First Air Date: 2015-06-01
Average Runtime: 45m
Rating: 6.4
Votes: 14
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 8
Behind every great genius was a great rival - an unstoppable adversary whose incredible vision, determination, and ambition is their match. Out of their struggles came the world's most brilliant inventions, the spoils of the heated battle between competitors.
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Season 1
Episodes: 8E01
Jobs vs. Gates
Air Date: 2015-06-01
In the 1980s, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs break out in a heated battle to bring the personal computer to the masses.
E02
Wright Brothers vs. Curtiss
Air Date: 2015-06-01
The Wright Brothers build and fly the world’s first airplane, but they keep it a secret, leaving an opening for motor...
E03
Farnsworth vs. Sarnoff
Air Date: 2015-06-08
A young Midwestern farm boy creates an innovation that forever changes the future of communication, only to have it s...
E04
Hearst vs. Pulitzer
Air Date: 2015-06-08
The newspaper redefined the way America tells its stories, but its rise to prominence was born out of a bitter rivalr...
E05
Space Race
Air Date: 2015-06-15
America and the Soviet Union, deadlocked in the Cold War, set their sights on the final frontier — space. Go inside t...
E06
Colt vs. Wesson
Air Date: 2015-06-15
Samuel Colt and partners Edwin Smith & Daniel Wesson become locked in the first true “arms” race, as they compete to ...
E07
Oppenheimer vs. Heisenberg
Air Date: 2015-06-22
J. Robert Oppenheimer and Werner Heisenberg are in the world's largest arms race to build the first atomic bomb.
E08
Edison vs. Tesla
Air Date: 2015-06-22
Celebrated inventor Thomas Edison goes to war with his former assistant, Nikola Tesla, to determine who will power th...
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