American Genius, the Glossary
American Genius is an American documentary series focusing on the lives of inventors and pioneers who have been responsible for major developments in their areas of expertise and helped shape the course of history.[1]
Table of Contents
27 relations: America: The Story of Us, Apple Inc., Bill Gates, Common Sense Media, Daniel B. Wesson, David Sarnoff, Documentary film, GeekWire, Glenn Curtiss, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Joseph Pulitzer, List of National Geographic original programming, National Geographic (American TV channel), New York Film Academy, Nikola Tesla, Philo Farnsworth, Samuel Colt, Scientific American, Space Race, Steve Jobs, Steve Jobs (film), Steve Wozniak, The New York Times, Thomas Edison, Werner Heisenberg, William Randolph Hearst, Wright brothers.
- History of electrical engineering
America: The Story of Us
America: The Story of Us (also internationally known as America: The Story of the U.S.) is a 12-part, 9-hour documentary-drama television miniseries that premiered on April 25, 2010, on History. American Genius and America: The Story of Us are 2010s American documentary television series.
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Apple Inc.
Apple Inc. is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, in Silicon Valley.
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Bill Gates
William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American business magnate best known for co-founding the software company Microsoft with his childhood friend Paul Allen.
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Common Sense Media (CSM) is an American nonprofit organization that reviews and provides ratings for media and technology with the goal of providing information on their suitability for children.
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Daniel B. Wesson
Daniel Baird Wesson (May 18, 1825 – August 4, 1906) was an American inventor and firearms designer.
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David Sarnoff
David Sarnoff (February 27, 1891 – December 12, 1971) was a Russian and American businessman who played an important role in the American history of radio and television.
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Documentary film
A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a historical record".
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GeekWire
GeekWire is an American technology news website that covers startups and established technology companies.
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Glenn Curtiss
Glenn Hammond Curtiss (May 21, 1878 – July 23, 1930) was an American aviation and motorcycling pioneer, and a founder of the U.S. aircraft industry.
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J. Robert Oppenheimer
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Joseph Pulitzer
Joseph Pulitzer (born Pulitzer József,; April 10, 1847 – October 29, 1911) was a Hungarian-American politician and newspaper publisher of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the New York World.
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List of National Geographic original programming
The following is a list of television programs currently or formerly broadcast by National Geographic, for either the National Geographic channel, Nat Geo Wild, Nat Geo Kids, or Disney+. American Genius and list of National Geographic original programming are National Geographic (American TV channel) original programming.
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National Geographic (American TV channel)
National Geographic (formerly National Geographic Channel; abbreviated and trademarked as Nat Geo or Nat Geo TV) is an American pay television network and flagship channel owned by the National Geographic Global Networks unit of Disney Entertainment and National Geographic Partners, a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (73%) and the National Geographic Society (27%), with the operational management handled by Disney Entertainment.
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New York Film Academy
New York Film Academy – School of Film and Acting (NYFA) is a private for-profit film school and acting school based in New York City, Los Angeles, and Miami.
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Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla (. Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.,; 1856 – 7 January 1943) was a Serbian-American engineer, futurist, and inventor.
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Philo Farnsworth
Philo Taylor Farnsworth (August 19, 1906 – March 11, 1971) was an American inventor and television pioneer.
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Samuel Colt
Samuel Colt (July 19, 1814 – January 10, 1862) was an American inventor, industrialist, and businessman who established Colt's Patent Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company and made the mass production of revolvers commercially viable.
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Scientific American
Scientific American, informally abbreviated SciAm or sometimes SA, is an American popular science magazine.
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Space Race
The Space Race (Космическая гонка) was a 20th-century competition between two Cold War rivals, the United States and the Soviet Union, to achieve superior spaceflight capability.
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Steve Jobs
Steven Paul Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) was an American businessman, inventor, and investor best known for co-founding the technology company Apple Inc. Jobs was also the founder of NeXT and chairman and majority shareholder of Pixar.
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Steve Jobs (film)
Steve Jobs is a 2015 biographical drama film directed by Danny Boyle and written by Aaron Sorkin.
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Steve Wozniak
Stephen Wozniak (born August 11, 1950), also known by his nickname "Woz", is an American technology entrepreneur, electrical engineer, computer programmer, philanthropist, and inventor.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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Thomas Edison
Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman.
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Werner Heisenberg
Werner Karl Heisenberg (5 December 1901 – 1 February 1976) was a German theoretical physicist, one of the main pioneers of the theory of quantum mechanics, and a principal scientist in the Nazi nuclear weapons program during World War II.
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William Randolph Hearst
William Randolph Hearst Sr. (April 29, 1863 – August 14, 1951) was an American newspaper publisher and politician who developed the nation's largest newspaper chain and media company, Hearst Communications.
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Wright brothers
The Wright brothers, Orville Wright (August 19, 1871 – January 30, 1948) and Wilbur Wright (April 16, 1867 – May 30, 1912), were American aviation pioneers generally credited with inventing, building, and flying the world's first successful airplane.
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See also
History of electrical engineering
- A History of the Theories of Aether and Electricity
- American Genius
- Charles Hesterman Merz
- Edison Hotel (Sunbury, Pennsylvania)
- Electrical demonstration
- Electro-Dynamic Light Company
- History of electric power transmission
- History of electrical engineering
- History of electromagnetic theory
- History of the Tesla coil
- History of the electric vehicle
- History of the lithium-ion battery
- International Electrical Congress
- International Electrical Exhibition of 1884
- International Electrotechnical Exhibition
- International Exposition of Electricity
- International System of Electrical and Magnetic Units
- Neptune Bank Power Station
- Neuchâtel gas turbine
- Pacific Coast Electric Transmission Association
- Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity
- The Beginning and End of the Universe
- The History and Present State of Electricity
- The Maxwellians
- The Quest for Power
- Timeline of electrical and electronic engineering
- Timeline of electromagnetism and classical optics
- Timeline of the UK electricity supply industry
- War of the currents