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Author Wyckoff, Edwin Brit.

Title The man who invented television : the genius of Philo T. Farnsworth / Edwin Brit Wyckoff.

Imprint Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow Elementary, c2014.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 PCMS Jumpstart Biography  B FARNSWORTH    ---  Available
Description 48 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
Series Genius inventors and their great ideas
Note Includes chronology.
Includes glossary.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 47) and index.
Contents Dangerous dreams - Flying pictures - The amazing student - Meeting the money men - The patent war.
Summary This book describes the life of Philo T. Farnsworth, who read science magazines, believed in using electrons, and invented electronic television.
Audience 4-8 Medialog, Inc.
730 Lexile.
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR Middle Grades RL 4.4 0.5 quiz: 162472 PCMS
Subject Farnsworth, Philo Taylor, 1906-1971.
Electrical engineering -- United States -- Biography.
Television -- History.
ISBN 9780766041394
9781464402098 (pbk.)

 
    
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