American Genius - Season 1

American Genius - Season 1

Season 1

Network
Episodes8
DatesJun 1, 2015 - Jun 22, 2015

Episodes

Jobs vs. Gates: The Competition to Control the Personal Computer
Season 1Episode 160 min

Jobs vs. Gates: The Competition to Control the Personal Computer

In the 1980s, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs break out in a heated battle to bring the personal computer to the masses.
Jun 1, 2015
Wright Brothers vs. Curtiss: The Contest for Human Flight
Season 1Episode 260 min

Wright Brothers vs. Curtiss: The Contest for Human Flight

The Wright Brothers build and fly the world’s first airplane, but they keep it a secret, leaving an opening for motor designer, Glenn Curtiss, to swoop in and compete to be the first to fly in public.
Jun 1, 2015
Farnsworth vs. Sarnoff: The Crusade to Create Television
Season 1Episode 360 min

Farnsworth vs. Sarnoff: The Crusade to Create Television

A young Midwestern farm boy creates an innovation that forever changes the future of communication, only to have it stolen away by one of America's greatest media moguls.
Jun 8, 2015
Hearst vs. Pulitzer: The battle to Blaze the Trail of the Modern Newspaper
Season 1Episode 460 min

Hearst vs. Pulitzer: The battle to Blaze the Trail of the Modern Newspaper

The newspaper redefined the way America tells its stories, but its rise to prominence was born out of a bitter rivalry between a man who built himself up from nothing and the wealthy son of a business tycoon. Follow William Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer as they push the limits of journalism in unthinkable ways, forever changing the media landscape.
Jun 8, 2015
The Space Race
Season 1Episode 560 min

The Space Race

America and the Soviet Union, deadlocked in the Cold War, set their sights on the final frontier — space. Go inside the more than decadelong struggle between the two superpowers as they both set out to conquer the moon. German scientist Werner Von Braun leads the charge for the U.S. and Sergei Korolev for the Soviets, but in the race to space, only one side can get there first.
Jun 15, 2015
Colt vs. Wesson: The Duel of Engineer the Weapons of War
Season 1Episode 660 min

Colt vs. Wesson: The Duel of Engineer the Weapons of War

Samuel Colt and partners Edwin Smith & Daniel Wesson become locked in the first true “arms” race, as they compete to perfect the world’s first revolver.
Jun 15, 2015
Oppenheimer vs. Heisenberg: The War for Control of the Atomic Age
Season 1Episode 760 min

Oppenheimer vs. Heisenberg: The War for Control of the Atomic Age

J. Robert Oppenheimer and Werner Heisenberg are in the world's largest arms race to build the first atomic bomb.
Jun 22, 2015
Edison vs. Tesla: The Clash of the Electric Currents
Season 1Episode 860 min

Edison vs. Tesla: The Clash of the Electric Currents

Celebrated inventor Thomas Edison goes to war with his former assistant, Nikola Tesla, to determine who will power the world with electric light.
Jun 22, 2015

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