Click the Google Preview button to take a look inside this book. Philo T. FarnsworthVisionary Inventor of TelevisionSeries: Inventors Who Changed the WorldBy Tim O'Shei DetailsDetails ReviewsReviews When Philo T. Farnsworth was fourteen years old, he made sketches for an idea that would add pictures to radio. Fourteen years later, in 1934, the U.S. Patent office recognized Farnsworth as the inventor of television. Author Tim O’Shei takes us behind the scenes to reveal the life of a genius—his childhood, his experiments with television, the harsh realities of business he faced as an inventor, how his television changed life, and the legacy he left behind.Publication Date: 01/01/2008Copyright: 2008Trim Size: 6 1/2 x 9 1/4Illustrations: Illus. with color and black-and-white photographs and illustrationsGrade Level: 6–upAge Level: 11–upLC Number: 2007005461Dewey: 621.3880092FormatsFormatISBNList PriceDiscount PriceLibrary Bound Book978-1-59845-075-0$35.60$26.70 "This book . . . dives into the life of Philo Farnsworth to explain not only how he invented the television, but how he got there and where he went once he created this world-changing invention . . . O’Shei also recounts Farnsworth’s struggle to keep ahead of RCA and the patent wars as well as explaining what Farnsworth did after he turned his attention from television to his contributions to fusion."Children's Literature Loading… Other books in Inventors Who Changed the World 12 Loading… Loading… Library Bound Book: 978-1-59845-075-0 List Price: $35.60 Discount Price: $26.70 + Add to wish list Please log in Log in or register to create a wish list. Login or Register Loading… -----OR----- Click to buy at Amazon.com or Barnes and Noble