NOVA

Season 7, Episode 15

Episode Title: The Wizard Who Spat on the Floor

Air Date: 1980-11-18

Overview:

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.