The Boy Who Invented TV - The Story of Philo Farnsworth (Paperback)

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Plowing a potato field in 1920, a 14-year-old farm boy from Idaho saw in the parallel rows of overturned earth a way to 'make pictures fly through the air.' This boy was not a magician; he was a scientific genius and just 8 years later he made his brainstorm in the potato field a reality by transmitting the world's first television image.

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Plowing a potato field in 1920, a 14-year-old farm boy from Idaho saw in the parallel rows of overturned earth a way to 'make pictures fly through the air.' This boy was not a magician; he was a scientific genius and just 8 years later he made his brainstorm in the potato field a reality by transmitting the world's first television image.

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General

Imprint

Dragonfly Books

Country of origin

United States

Release date

February 2014

Availability

Expected to ship within 9 - 15 working days

First published

February 2014

Authors

Illustrators

Dimensions

279 x 216 x 5mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback

Pages

40

ISBN-13

978-0-385-75557-3

Barcode

9780385755573

Categories

LSN

0-385-75557-0



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