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Philo T. Farnsworth
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.
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From the Inventors Who Changed the World series, this book introduces Philo T. Farnsworth, whose invention, electronic television, was clearly superior to early attempts at mechanical television technology. Well-funded industrial espionage and ruthless competition kept Farnsworth from achieving great fame and fortune from his invention. Tighter editing could have taken care of the occasional wordiness and awkward phrasing that detract from this generally interesting account of the inventors life and work. As the MyReportLinks.com imprint suggests, the many color illustrations include captioned screen shots of Web pages as well as photos. A chronology, glossary, activities, and source notes are included., Booklist September 15, 2008
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