An edition of The Boy Who Invented Television: A Story of Inspiration, Persistence and Quiet Passion
(2002)
The Boy Who Invented Television
A Story of Inspiration, Persistence and Quiet Passion
by Paul Schatzkin
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December 18, 2023 | History
Philo T. Farnsworth was a 14-year-old farm boy from Rigby, Idaho when he first sketched his idea for electronic television on a blackboard for his high school science teacher. The Boy Who Invented Television traces Farnsworth's "guided tour" of discovery, describing his extraordinary breakthroughs, and the obstacles he overcame.
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The Boy Who Invented Television: A Story Of Inspiration, Persistence, And Quiet Passion
September 30, 2004, Tanglewood Books
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The Boy Who Invented Television: A Story of Inspiration, Persistence and Quiet Passion
September 2002, TeamCom Books
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Table of Contents
Prologue : The second case
This place has electricity!
The other woman
The daring of this boy's mind!
The damn thing works
Something a banker can understand
Out of the ashes
A beautiful instrument
Nothing here we'll need
Suspended animation
We want cash!
Something for nothing
You're all fired
Caught in the crossfire
Gone fishin'
Loggerheads
False dawn
It's my baby
Stars in a jar
That's all I need to see
Tranquility base
Epilogue : The sword in the stone
Appendixes.
Who invented television?
The story of the book
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