The Best Scientists & Inventors Documentaries

People & Biography - 8 free documentaries about scientists & inventors.

Start with The Man Who Killed Millions and Saved Billions (23 min, Veritasium), then Jane Goodall: An Inside Look (90 min, National Geographic). All 8 documentaries here are free to watch from their makers' official uploads. To read deeper, the top-rated book on scientists & inventors is Einstein: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson.

• The Man Who Killed Millions and Saved Billions (23 min, Veritasium)
• Jane Goodall: An Inside Look (90 min, National Geographic)
• The Man Who Gave us the Power To Destroy Ourselves (Oppenheimer) (33 min, Veritasium)
• The Man Who Killed Millions and Saved Billions (Clean Version) (21 min, Veritasium)
• The Most Influential Scientists Of The 20th Century (189 min, Spark)
• Oppenheimer vs. Heisenberg: Race to the Atomic Bomb | American Genius (44 min, National Geographic)
• The Man Who Created The Hydrogen Bomb (56 min, Spark)
• Was This 16th-Century Castle Secretly Designed By Leonardo Da Vinci? (52 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)

Top-Rated Books About Scientists & Inventors

1. Einstein: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson (4.2/5) - View on Amazon
2. Marie Curie and Her Daughters by Shelley Emling - View on Amazon
3. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (4.2/5) - View on Amazon