Overview

Chronicles one of the century's most significant technological developments in an engaging and anecdotal fashion. With character sketches, compelling stories, and scientific explanations that are easy to follow, the authors capture the brilliance, vision, and frustration behind the invention of TV. The inventors of TV were a diverse group of iconoclasts from different corners of the world -- including an Idaho farm boy turned college dropout, an eccentric, sickly Scotsman, and 2 Russian Americans. Traces their progress, from the lab. prototypes to the vicious courtroom battles for control of what would become an enormous market power. Photos.

ISBN-13

9780788160783

ISBN-10

0788160788

List Price

$30.00

Format

Hardcover

Pages

427 pages

Publisher

Counterpoint

Published On

1999-02-01



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