The Boy Who Invented TV
The Story of Philo Farnsworth
$21.72
- Paperback
40 pages
- Release Date
15 February 2014
Summary
The inspiring true story of a boy genius—and father of the television set—now in paperback.
An inspiring true story of a boy genius. 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 eight years later, he made his brainstorm in the potato field a reality by transmitting the world’s first television image.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780385755573 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0385755570 |
| Author: | Kathleen Krull, Greg Couch |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Dragonfly Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 40 |
| Release Date: | 15 February 2014 |
| Weight: | 187g |
| Dimensions: | 279mm x 216mm x 3mm |
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Critics Review
Starred Review, School Library Journal, September 2009:“One to inspire young audiences with the vast possibilities that imagination and diligence can accomplish.”The New York Times Book Review, December 20, 2009:“Beautiful and beautifully told, the book tracks like the sort of graphic novel that breaks your heart, with its implied passage of time and slipping awawy of early dreams.”
About The Author
Kathleen Krull
Kathleen Krull is the author of a number of highly praised picture-book biographies. She lives in San Diego, California.
Greg Couch is the illustrator of Nothing but Trouble- The Story of Althea Gibson and many other picture books. He lives in Nyack, New York.
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