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The Boy Who Invented TV: The Story of Philo Farnsworth
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The Boy Who Invented TV: The Story of Philo Farnsworth Paperback - 2014 - 1st Edition

by Kathleen Krull; Greg Couch (Illustrator)


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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. This fascinating picture-book biography of Philo Farnsworth covers his early interest in machines and electricity, leading up to how he put it all together in one of the greatest inventions of the 20th century. The author's afterword discusses the lawsuit Farnsworth waged and won against RCA when his high school science teacher testified that Philo's invention of television was years before RCA's.

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  • Title The Boy Who Invented TV: The Story of Philo Farnsworth
  • Author Kathleen Krull; Greg Couch (Illustrator)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 40
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Dragonfly Books
  • Date 2014-02-11
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Price on Product - Canadian
  • ISBN 9780385755573 / 0385755570
  • Weight 0.4 lbs (0.18 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.2 in (27.69 x 21.34 x 0.51 cm)
  • Ages 06 to 09 years
  • Grade levels 1 - 4
  • Reading level 860
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

Media reviews

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 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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