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From the producers of the multiple-award-winning miniseries "The Men Who Built America," National Geographic Channel chronicles competitions in innovation that pit history's brightest minds in the race to lay claim to the future. For them, the greatest challenge wasn't beating the odds -- it was beating their adversaries. From Steve Jobs vs. Bill Gates to William Hurst vs. Joseph Pulitzer, each hourlong episode focuses on a specific rivalry, delving into fierce power struggles, deceit, fluke timing and raw ambition out of which great ideas turned into reality. The conflicts play out through re-enactments that feature interviews with modern-day visionaries like Bill Nye, Steve Wozniak, Jack Welch, Steve Wynn and Michio Kaku.
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Episode 1
Aired Jun 1, 2015
Jobs vs. Gates
A look at the battle between inventors Bill Gates and Steve Jobs to dominate a new age and bring the personal computer to all.
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Episode 2
Aired Jun 1, 2015
Wright Brothers vs. Curtiss
Insight into the heated rivalry between the Wright brothers and Glenn Curtiss in the race for flight that laid the groundwork for modern aviation.
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Episode 3
Aired Jun 8, 2015
Farnsworth vs. Sarnoff
The gritty competition between American inventors David Sarnoff and Philo Farnsworth, the results of which forever changed the world of media.
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Episode 4
Aired Jun 8, 2015
Hearst vs. Pulitzer
The newspaper's rise to prominence was born out of a bitter rivalry between publishers William Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer, who changed the media world by pushing journalism to the limits, compromising in order to keep their empires afloat.
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Episode 5
Aired Jun 15, 2015
Space Race
The struggle between America and the Soviet Union in a race to conquer the moon; a competition that resulted in brilliant feats of engineering and unparalleled technological advancements.
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Episode 6
Aired Jun 15, 2015
Colt vs. Wesson
American inventors Samuel Colt and Daniel Wesson race to create the perfect revolver, resulting in patents that would revolutionize the firearm industry and change how wars are fought.
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Episode 7
Aired Jun 22, 2015
Oppenheimer vs. Heisenberg
Physicists Werner Heisenberg and Robert Oppenheimer strive to harness the laws of physics in order to create the most powerful weapon the world has ever seen, the atomic bomb.
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Episode 8
Aired Jun 22, 2015
Edison vs. Tesla
Inventors Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison compete to harness the power of electric current in a war that would determine who would power the world's future.
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