American Genius

1. S01E01Jobs vs. GatesJune 1, 2015 10.0In the 1980s, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs break out in a heated battle to bring the personal computer to the masses.
2. S01E02Wright Brothers vs. CurtissJune 1, 2015 8.0The Wright Brothers build and fly the world’s first airplane, but they keep it a secret, leaving an opening for motor designer, Glenn Curtis
3. S01E03Farnsworth vs. SarnoffJune 8, 2015—A young Midwestern farm boy creates an innovation that forever changes the future of communication, only to have it stolen away by one of Am
4. S01E04Hearst vs. PulitzerJune 8, 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 bui
5. S01E05Space RaceJune 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
6. S01E06Colt vs. WessonJune 15, 2015—Samuel Colt and partners Edwin Smith & Daniel Wesson become locked in the first true “arms” race, as they compete to perfect the world’s fir
7. S01E07Oppenheimer vs. HeisenbergJune 22, 2015—J. Robert Oppenheimer and Werner Heisenberg are in the world's largest arms race to build the first atomic bomb.
8. S01E08Edison vs. TeslaJune 22, 2015—Celebrated inventor Thomas Edison goes to war with his former assistant, Nikola Tesla, to determine who will power the world with electric l

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