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Editorial Reviews
From Library Journal
This is a lively and engaging account of the conception and invention of both television and the system of network broadcasting in the United States. Schwartz (Digital Darwinism, Webonomics) tells the stories of Philo T. Farnsworth, who essentially invented television before he was 30, and David Sarnoff, the founder of NBC, who essentially invented the business of broadcasting before he was 30. These two men were at tremendous odds with each other for decades, and the nature of their conflict helped determine the shape of the U.S. broadcasting industry. While many other works document the beginnings of broadcast media, they tend to be overviews, offering less of a personal story. This book complements D. Godfrey and C. Sterling's Philo T. Farnsworth: The Father of Television, which takes a drier, more academic approach to the inventor's life and work and should be of interest to academic libraries, particularly those with a technology or engineering department. Schwartz's well-researched biography is sure to appeal to anyone who has ever dreamed of coming up with "the next big thing." Recommended for public libraries and academic or special libraries with a media or technology focus. Andrea Slonosky, Long Island Univ., Brooklyn
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Booklist
This story of the invention of television is essentially the biography of two men. Philo T. Farnsworth was a genius who envisioned the concept of television at the age of 15 while plowing the family potato field and patented the device only five years later in 1927, creating the technology that is still used today. David Sarnoff was a poor Russian-Jewish immigrant who rose to fame in the radio broadcasting industry and as head of RCA became obsessed with stealing Farnsworth's invention so that he could go down in history as the man who brought television to the world. In this age of burgeoning corporations, the lone inventor was a dying breed, as big companies began to be the only ones with the resources needed to research, develop, and market new inventions. The teams hired by corporations would give up all patent rights to the organization, however, with very little compensation. Farnsworth, determined to control his patent rights, ultimately faced a showdown with Sarnoff and powerful RCA in this suspenseful account of the unknown man who influenced the world. David Siegfried
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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This is a lively and engaging account of the conception and invention of both television and the system of network broadcasting in the United States. Schwartz (Digital Darwinism, Webonomics) tells the stories of Philo T. Farnsworth, who essentially invented television before he was 30, and David Sarnoff, the founder of NBC, who essentially invented the business of broadcasting before he was 30. These two men were at tremendous odds with each other for decades, and the nature of their conflict helped determine the shape of the U.S. broadcasting industry. While many other works document the beginnings of broadcast media, they tend to be overviews, offering less of a personal story. This book complements D. Godfrey and C. Sterling's Philo T. Farnsworth: The Father of Television, which takes a drier, more academic approach to the inventor's life and work and should be of interest to academic libraries, particularly those with a technology or engineering department. Schwartz's well-researched biography is sure to appeal to anyone who has ever dreamed of coming up with "the next big thing." Recommended for public libraries and academic or special libraries with a media or technology focus. Andrea Slonosky, Long Island Univ., Brooklyn
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Booklist
This story of the invention of television is essentially the biography of two men. Philo T. Farnsworth was a genius who envisioned the concept of television at the age of 15 while plowing the family potato field and patented the device only five years later in 1927, creating the technology that is still used today. David Sarnoff was a poor Russian-Jewish immigrant who rose to fame in the radio broadcasting industry and as head of RCA became obsessed with stealing Farnsworth's invention so that he could go down in history as the man who brought television to the world. In this age of burgeoning corporations, the lone inventor was a dying breed, as big companies began to be the only ones with the resources needed to research, develop, and market new inventions. The teams hired by corporations would give up all patent rights to the organization, however, with very little compensation. Farnsworth, determined to control his patent rights, ultimately faced a showdown with Sarnoff and powerful RCA in this suspenseful account of the unknown man who influenced the world. David Siegfried
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
See all Editorial Reviews
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