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 b…
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 b…
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Seasons (1)
Season 1
1 Jun 2015 – 22 Jun 2015 · 8 episodes
1Jobs vs. Gates: The Competition to Control the Personal Computer1 Jun 2015
2Wright Brothers vs. Curtiss: The Contest for Human Flight1 Jun 2015
3Farnsworth vs. Sarnoff: The Crusade to Create Television8 Jun 2015
4Hearst vs. Pulitzer: The battle to Blaze the Trail of the Modern Newspaper8 Jun 2015
5The Space Race15 Jun 2015
6Colt vs. Wesson: The Duel of Engineer the Weapons of War15 Jun 2015
7Oppenheimer vs. Heisenberg: The War for Control of the Atomic Age22 Jun 2015
8Edison vs. Tesla: The Clash of the Electric Currents22 Jun 2015