NOVA · Season 7 · Episode 15

“The Wizard Who Spat on the Floor”

Aired Wednesday 19 November 1980

Thomas Edison is the quintessential American hero, the Wizard whose inventions revolutionized modern living. But there was always more to Edison than met the eye. He was a complex and contradictory man; a brilliant inventor, a foolish investor; a demanding boss, a liberal benfactor—a public figure that no one ever really knew. NOVA profiles the man behind the mythical reputation.

S7 E15 discussion