The Boy Genius and the Mogul: The Untold Story of Television
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| Rating | : | 4.22 (835 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0767907590 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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The Farnsworth family farm had no radio, no telephone, and no electricity. Farnsworth was enormously outmatched by the media baron and his army of lawyers and public relations people, and, by the 1940s, Farnsworth would be virtually forgotten as television's actual inventor, while Sarnoff and his chief scientist would receive the credit. The world remembers Edison, Ford, and the Wright Brothers. Even so, he soon managed to persuade a group of California investors to set him up in his own research lab where, in 1927, he produced the first all-electronic television image and later patented his invention. He soon sketched a diagram for an early television camera tube. Yet, motivated by the stories of scientists and inventors he read about in the science magazines of the day, young Philo set his sights on becoming an inventor. Restoring Farnsworth to his rightful place in history, The Boy Genius and the Mogul presents a vivid portrait of a self-taught scientist whose brilliance allowed him to "capture light in a bottle." A rich and dramatic story of one man’s perseverance and the remarkable events leading up to the launch of television as we know it, The Boy Genius and the Mogul shines new light on a major turning point in American history.. But what about Philo T. Farnsworth, the inventor of television, an innovation that did as much as any other to shape the twentieth century? That q
"The Mythic Inventor" according to Gary Schroeder. I had an impulse to pick this book up after seeing a documentary on Philo T. Farnsworth on PBS's "the American Experience" about four years ago. The account on the show was somewhat breezy owing to the hour long format. I was hoping to find more detail in Stashower's book. I was both satisifed an. "Timothy Hutfless' Review of Daniel Stashower's The Boy Genius and the Mogul" according to Arthur M. Diamond, Jr.. [[VIDEOID:Timothy Hutfless' Review of Daniel Stashower's The Boy Genius and the Mogul [[VIDEOID:3Timothy Hutfless' Review of Daniel Stashower's The Boy Genius and the Mogul Arthur M. Diamond, Jr. [[VIDEOID:34061901]]Timothy Hutfless' review was made as part of a critical review assignment for the Spring 2009 Economics of Technology seminar at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, taught by Art Diamond. (The course syllabus stated that part of the critical review assignment consisted of the. 061901]]Timothy Hutfless' review was made as part of a critical review assignment for the Spring 2009 Economics of Technology seminar at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, taught by Art Diamond. (The course syllabus stated that part of the critical review assignment consisted of the. Timothy Hutfless' Review of Daniel Stashower's The Boy Genius and the Mogul Arthur M. Diamond, Jr. [[VIDEOID:34061901]]Timothy Hutfless' review was made as part of a critical review assignment for the Spring 2009 Economics of Technology seminar at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, taught by Art Diamond. (The course syllabus stated that part of the critical review assignment consisted of the. 061901]]Timothy Hutfless' review was made as part of a critical review assignment for the Spring 2009 Economics of Technology seminar at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, taught by Art Diamond. (The course syllabus stated that part of the critical review assignment consisted of the. Ed Sharpe Archivist for SMECC said The Boy Genius and the Mogul SMECC Recommends!. If you have any interest in the history of radio and television from the lay person to the engineer you will desire to read a copy of "The Boy Genius and the Mogul" by Daniel Stashower. The hero that we root for of course is Philo T. Farnsworth, one of the inventors of Television technology.Danie
But Farnsworth lost his chance at fame, mentally collapsed, and spent his last years bitterly disappointed. "The general public has only the vaguest notion of how--or by whom--television was created," writes Stashower, who feels the story has been mistold, depriving the boy genius from rural Idaho of due credit. In the fascinating The Boy Genius and the Mogul, Daniel Stashower adds a new name to the pantheon: Philo T. Farnsworth, inventor of TV. Watching the moon landing on a picture tube less than two years before his death, however, he turned to his wife and said, "This has made it all worthwhile." --John Miller. American culture