American Genius
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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1.Jobs vs. Gates
10.001-06-201545mIn the 1980s, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs break out in a heated battle to bring the personal computer to the masses.
2.Wright Brothers vs. Curtiss
8.001-06-201545mThe 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 fir...
3.Farnsworth vs. Sarnoff
08-06-201545mA 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.
4.Hearst vs. Pulitzer
08-06-201545mThe 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 wealt...
5.Space Race
15-06-201545mAmerica 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...
6.Colt vs. Wesson
15-06-201545mSamuel 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.
7.Oppenheimer vs. Heisenberg
22-06-201545mJ. Robert Oppenheimer and Werner Heisenberg are in the world's largest arms race to build the first atomic bomb.
8.Edison vs. Tesla
22-06-201545mCelebrated inventor Thomas Edison goes to war with his former assistant, Nikola Tesla, to determine who will power the world with electric light.
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