NOVA · Season 14 · Episode 15

“Japan's American Genius”

Aired Wednesday 28 October 1987

Is Detroit inventor Stanford Ovshinsky the new Thomas Edison? Japanese industries are betting that the genius behind amorphous materials-a simpler and less expensive alternative to silicon-is onto something big.

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