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S01E08 - "Edison vs. Tesla: The Clash of the Electric Currents"
Aired on Jun 23, 2015, 1:00 AM
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History's greatest minds have always known that to change the world, you have to take out the competition. American Genius chronicles the competitions in innovation that pitted history's brightest minds against each other in the race to lay claim to the future. From Steve Jobs vs. Bill Gates to the Wright Brothers vs. Glen Curtiss, each episode of the show focuses on a specific rivalry, delving into the fierce power struggles, deceit, fluke timing, and raw ambition out of which innovation was born. Iconic masterminds pushed themselves to the limits of human genius, overcoming equally brilliant and ruthless competitors to turn history's greatest ideas into reality.
Episodes (1 Season · 8 Episodes)
E1
Jobs vs. Gates: The Competition to Control the Personal Computer
Jun 1, 2015
60 min
E2
Wright Brothers vs. Curtiss: The Contest for Human Flight
Jun 1, 2015
60 min
E3
Farnsworth vs. Sarnoff: The Crusade to Create Television
Jun 8, 2015
60 min
E4
Hearst vs. Pulitzer: The battle to Blaze the Trail of the Modern Newspaper
Jun 8, 2015
60 min
E5
The Space Race
Jun 15, 2015
60 min
E6
Colt vs. Wesson: The Duel of Engineer the Weapons of War
Jun 15, 2015
60 min
E7
Oppenheimer vs. Heisenberg: The War for Control of the Atomic Age
Jun 22, 2015
60 min
E8
Edison vs. Tesla: The Clash of the Electric Currents
Jun 22, 2015
60 min
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