American Genius

  • Premiered: Jun 2015
  • Episodes: 8
  • Followers: 14
  • Ended
  • National Geographic
  • Monday at 21
  • Documentary History Reality

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Season 1
1x1
Jobs vs. Gates
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Jun 01, 2015
In the 1980s, two of America’s most brilliant minds, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, battle to dominate a new age and, in the process, revolutionize billions of lives. Up until this time, .. show full overview
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Wright Brothers vs. Curtiss
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Jun 01, 2015
The race for flight is chronicled as aviation pioneers Orville and Wilbur Wright face off against Glenn Curtiss in a bitter rivalry that puts lives at risk. After developing the .. show full overview
1x3
Farnsworth vs. Sarnoff
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Jun 08, 2015
The invention of the television was born out of a gritty competition between David Sarnoff and Philo Farnsworth, who both laid stake to a precious claim. Delve into the David vs. Goliath .. show full overview
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Hearst vs. Pulitzer
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Jun 08, 2015
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 .. show full overview
1x5
Space Race
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Jun 15, 2015
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 .. show full overview
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Colt vs. Wesson
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Jun 15, 2015
Go inside the first true “arms race” as the invention of the perfect revolver pits Samuel Colt and Daniel Wesson in a race for patents that will forever revolutionize the firearm .. show full overview
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Oppenheimer vs. Heisenberg
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Jun 22, 2015
Travel to the front lines of an epic battlefield: Werner Heisenberg and Robert Oppenheimer face off in a heated contest as they strive to unleash the destructive power of the atomic .. show full overview
1x8 Show finale
Edison vs. Tesla
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Jun 22, 2015
Delve into a battle of wills between two brilliant minds: Eccentric genius Nikola Tesla enters a rivalry with Thomas Edison that will forever change the world. Edison is one of the .. show full overview

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