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Last Lone Inventor : A Tale of Genius, Deceit, and the Birth of Television by Evan I. Schwartz (2002, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-100066210690
ISBN-139780066210698
eBay Product ID (ePID)1797577
Product Key Features
Book TitleLast Lone Inventor : a Tale of Genius, Deceit, and the Birth of Television
Number of Pages336 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicMedia Studies, Television / History & Criticism, General, Electrical, Historical, Science & Technology
Publication Year2002
IllustratorYes
GenrePerforming Arts, Technology & Engineering, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorEvan I. Schwartz
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight17.2 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2001-051735
Dewey Edition21
Reviews. The fascinating inside story of how this eccentric loner invented television and fought corporate America., [A] gripping and eminently readable saga of the birth of television and the death of the Edisonian myth., "...Fascinating... A riveting American classic of independent brilliance versus corporate arrogance. I found it more fun than fiction." -- James Bradley, author of Flags of Our Fathers "... The fascinating inside story of how this eccentric loner invented television and fought corporate America." -- Walter Isaacson, chariman, CNN "...Compelling...Strong, dramatic prose..." -- Kirkus Reviews "...A lively and engaging account." -- Library Journal "[A] gripping and eminently readable saga of the birth of television and the death of the Edisonian myth." -- Darwin magazine, .Fascinating. A riveting American classic of independent brilliance versus corporate arrogance. I found it more fun than fiction.
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Dewey Decimal621.388/0092 B
SynopsisIn a story that is both of its time and timeless, Evan I. 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. Growing up on a small farm in Idaho, Farnsworth was fascinated by anything scientific, especially the newest thing on the market -- radio. Wouldn't it be even more miraculous to project images along with the sound? Driven by his obsession, Farnsworth found a local philanthropist willing to fund his dream. By the age of twenty, in 1926, Farnsworth was operating his own laboratory above a garage in San Francisco and filing his first patent applications. The resulting publicity brought him to the attention of David Sarnoff, the celebrated founder of the NBC radio network, whose own RCA laboratories soon began investigating -- without much success -- a way to transmit a moving image. Determined to control television the way he monopolized radio -- by owning all the royalty producing patents--Sarnoff, from the lofty heights of his office in a New York skyscraper, devised a plan to steal credit for Farnsworth's designs. Vividly written, and based on original research, including interviews with surviving members of the Farnsworth family The Last Lone Inventor is the story of the epic struggle between two equally passionate adversaries and how their clash symbolized a turning point in the culture of creativity.
LC Classification NumberTK6635.F3S38 2002
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