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1 online resource (streaming video file) (45 min.) ; 253564333 bytes |
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Genius tells the story of the men and women that changed the way we live. These are the heroes, legendary icons, luminaries who changed the world through monumental innovations and staggering ingenuity. They gave us the aeroplane and the television, the six-gun, the A-bomb and the iPod...or at least they take credit for it.But behind every great genius is a great rival, an unstoppable adversary with incredible vision, determination and ambition. Out of their struggles came breakthroughs, the spoils of the heated battle between competitors.In this series, we hear the stories of how the ultimate rivals for posterity clashed, lost everything or triumphed. Genius reveals the fateful forces behind the greatest competitions for innovation and the contests that pit history's brightest minds against each other in the race to lay claim to the future.J. Robert Oppenheimer is in charge of developing the world's first nuclear bomb, but when he finds himself in a race against Hitler and his own nuclear scientist, Werner Heisenberg, the very fate of humankind hangs in the balance. Then Samuel 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. (From the UK) (Documentary Series) (Part 2 of 4) CC Follow the conversation on Twitter: #SBSDoco |
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Closed captioning in English |
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Broadcast 2015-11-15 at 20:35:00 |
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Classification: M |
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Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967.
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Heisenberg, Werner, 1901-1976.
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Nuclear physics -- Research.
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Nuclear weapons -- Design and construction.
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Quantum theory.
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Smith and Wesson revolvers.
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Streaming video
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Lopez, Rick, director
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Wilburn, Jeff, cast
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