An edition of The Last Lone Inventor (2002)

The last lone inventor

a tale of genius, deceit, and the birth of television

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An edition of The Last Lone Inventor (2002)

The last lone inventor

a tale of genius, deceit, and the birth of television

1st Perennial ed.

by

  • 5 Want to read

"In a story that is both of its time and timeless, Schwartz tells a tale of genius and greed, innocence and deceit, and corporate arrogance versus independent brilliance. In other words, the very qualities that have made this country - for better or for worse - what it is." "Many men have laid claim to the title "the father of television," but Philo T. Farnsworth is the true genius behind what may be the most influential invention of our time. Farnsworth may have ended up a footnote in history, yet he was the first to demonstrate an electronic process for scanning, transmitting, and receiving moving images, a discovery that changed the way we live."--BOOK JACKET.

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Perennial
Language
English
Pages
323

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Subjects

Biography & Autobiography, Nonfiction, Electrical engineers, Biography, History, Electric engineers, Television, Inventors, Televisie, Octrooien, Uitvinders, Bedrijfsleven, Television, history, United states, biography, Farnsworth, philo taylor, 1906-1971

People

Philo T. Farnsworth, Philo Taylor Farnsworth (1906-1971), David Sarnoff (1891-1971)

Places

San Francisco, Philadelphia, United States

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The last lone inventor: a tale of genius, deceit, and the birth of television
2003, Perennial
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Cover of: The Last Lone Inventor
The Last Lone Inventor: A Tale of Genius, Deceit, and the Birth of Television
May 7, 2002, HarperCollins Publishers
in English
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The Last Lone Inventor
2002, HarperCollins
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Edition Notes

"David Sarnoff vs. Philo T. Farnsworth"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-313) and index.

Published in
New York
Copyright Date
2002

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
621.388/0092, B
Library of Congress
TK6635.F3 S38 2002

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiv, 323 p. :
Number of pages
323

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24531778M
Internet Archive
lastloneinventor00schw
ISBN 10
0060935596
ISBN 13
9780060935597
OCLC/WorldCat
52394948

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FROM CLEAR ACROSS THE POTATO FIELD, LEWIS FARNSWORTH COULD see that his son was in danger.
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