All Seasons

Season 1

• S01E01 An Explosive Idea or Two: Alfred Nobel, Dynamite and The Nobel Prizes

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• S01E02 Hans Geiger and the Stuff of Radioactive Genius

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• S01E03 The LED - No Ordinary Diode: The Nick Holonyak Story

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• S01E04 From Radars to TV Dinners: Percy Spencer and the Microwave Oven

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• S01E05 The Birth of The Electric Guitar

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• S01E06 Robert Bunsen's Old Flame, The Bunsen Burner

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• S01E07 Why is the Zamboni Called a Zamboni?

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• S01E08 The History of Earmuffs

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• S01E09 The History of Your TV Remote

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• S01E10 Napoleon and Canned Food: The Story of Nicolas Appert

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• S01E11 Mikkel Frandsen: Saving the World One Straw at a Time

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• S01E12 Who Invented the Modern Calendar?

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• S01E13 Edmund McIlhenny and the Secret of Tabasco Sauce

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• S01E14 Arthur Wynne and the Crossword

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• S01E15 Sweet Success: Daniel Peter and Milk Chocolate

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• S01E16 John A. Roebling and the Brooklyn Bridge

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• S01E17 The Polaroid Camera

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• S01E18 Can We Change the World One Dollar at a Time?

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• S01E19 Rubik's Cube

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• S01E20 Otto's Awesome Auto Engine

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• S01E21 Sylvan Goldman Presents: The Shopping Cart

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• S01E22 Joshua Silver and the Self-Adjustable Glasses

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• S01E23 The Man Behind Mercator Projections

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• S01E24 George Ferris and His Amazing Wheel

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• S01E25 Peter Henlein and the Portable Watch

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• S01E26 The Father of Video Games: Ralph Baer

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• S01E27 The Story Behind Refined Sugar

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• S01E28 The QWERTY Keyboard: What's Behind Our Current Standard Keyboard Layout

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• S01E29 The Space Shuttle

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• S01E30 Revolution: Theophilus Van Kannel and the Revolving Door

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• S01E31 Philo Farnsworth and the Television

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• S01E32 Who Organized the Periodic Table of Elements?

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  You've probably seen it in every science classroom you've been in, but what's the story behind the Periodic Table of Elements? Find out in today's Stuff of Genius!

• S01E33 Norman Borlaug's Super Wheat

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  Norman Borlaug spent most of his life fighting world hunger and led an effort to grow more productive, disease-resistant wheat strains. Learn more about The Stuff of Genius in this video.