Nikola Tesla
He Helped Power the World. Why Did He Die Poor?
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25 Shorts and 1 full documentaries about the inventors and scientists who changed the world, and what it cost them.
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Elisha Otis
He Ordered Them to Cut His Elevator’s Rope. With Him Onboard.
Clarence Dally
He Tested X-Rays for Edison. Then Lost Both Arms.
Wernher von Braun
He Built Hitler’s Rockets. Then Helped America Reach the Moon.
Louis Slotin
One Slip of a Screwdriver Cost Him His Life…
J. Robert Oppenheimer
He Built the Bomb. His Country Turned Against Him.
Mikhail Kalashnikov
He Created the AK-47. Then Asked God for Forgiveness.
John Paul Stapp
46 Times the Force of Gravity. On Purpose.
Fritz Haber
He Fed Billions. Then He Gassed Soldiers.
Rosalind Franklin
They Stole Her Photo to Discover DNA
Lewis Latimer
His Parents Escaped Slavery. He Helped Power the World.
Hedy Lamarr
The Most Beautiful Woman in Hollywood Was a Secret Inventor
Franz Reichelt
He Jumped Off the Eiffel Tower to Test His Invention
Samuel Morse
His Wife Died, But He Didn't Know for Days.
Rudolf Diesel
The Inventor Who Vanished at Sea
Garrett Morgan
The Inventor Who Ran Into a Burning Tunnel
Tim Berners-Lee
He Invented the Web. Then Gave It Away for Free.
Ada Lovelace
She Wrote Code 100 Years Before Computers
Thomas Midgley Jr.
His Inventions Poisoned the Whole Planet
Alexander Graham Bell
He Changed How the World Communicates
Thomas Edison
The Man Who Changed the Night Forever
Alfred Nobel
Some Called Him the Merchant of Death
The Wright Brothers
Two Bicycle Mechanics Beat America's Top Scientist
Marie Curie
Her Notebooks Are Still Radioactive
Nikola Tesla
He Lit Up the World… and Died Broke
Alan Turing
He Helped Win WW2. Then Britain Arrested Him.
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