American Genius
Documentaries about great American thinkers, and how their ideas have changed the world.
Genre: Documentary, History
Cast:Jeff Wilburn , Benjamin Loeh , John S. Howell Sr. , Nicholas Augusta , Johnna Leary , Jennifer Nelson , Don Meehan , Lawrence Derx , Vince Eisenson , Chuck Taber , Will Steckman , Chaz Riddle , Jamie Hodge , Debbie Hartner , Gary Ayash , Evan I. Schwartz , Vivian Thompson , Paul Wallis
S1.E2 ∙ Wright Brothers vs. Curtiss
The struggle for performance and technology in the budding aviation industry. Between the Wright Brothers and the Glenn Curtiss.
S1.E3 ∙ Hearst vs. Pulitzer
Covers the struggle between William Hearst and his idol Joseph Pulitzer for control of the publishing industry at the turn of the 18th century.
S1.E4 ∙ Colt vs. Wesson
The invention of the perfect revolver pits Samuel Colt and Daniel Wesson in a race for patents that will forever revolutionize the firearm industry.
S1.E5 ∙ Farnsworth vs. Sarnoff
Outlines the lives of two titan's of the telecommunications industry. Farnsworth who's largely responsible for the invention of the television. And Sarnoff who while running RCA laid the ground work for the television networks of the 21st century.
S1.E6 ∙ Oppenheimer vs Heisenberg
A look at two physicists on opposite sides of the race for the first atomic bomb during World War II.
S1.E7 ∙ Space Race
America and the Soviet Union set out to conquer the moon, but much more than space flight is at stake.
S1.E8 ∙ Edison vs Tesla
Two famous personalities - Edison and Tesla - fight it out for providing the world with Electric power, with the way they think is the future.
