Last Lone Inventor A Tale of Genius, Deceit, and the Birth of Television

Name: Last Lone Inventor A Tale of Genius, Deceit, and the Birth of Television
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ISBN: 9780066210698

ISBN-10: 0066210690

ISBN-13: 9780066210698

Edition: 2002

Authors: Evan I. Schwartz

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In a story that is both of its time and timeless, Evan I. Schwartz tells a tale of genius versus greed, innocence versus deceit, and independent brilliance versus corporate arrogance. Many men have laid claim to the title "father of television," but Philo T. Farnsworth is the true genius behind what may be the most influential invention of our time. Driven by his obsession to demonstrate his idea, by the age of twenty Farnsworth was operating his own laboratory above a garage in San Francisco and filing for patents. The resulting publicity caught the attention of RCA tycoon David Sarnoff, who became determined to control television in the same way he monopolized radio. Based on original…

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List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 5/7/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 1.09" tall
Weight: 1.078
Language: English

EVAN I. SCHWARTZ is a former award-winning editor at Business Week and the author of The Last Lone Inventor, named one of the seventy-five best business books of all time by Fortune. The idea for Finding Oz came to him while reading Baum's classic to his daughter at bedtime.



Author's Note


Prologue: A Miscalculation



Fields of Vision



Making a Great Man



Community Chest



Patently Brilliant



Going Hollywood



Networking



Life on Green Street



Confrontation



End Run



Who Owns What?



Narrow Escape



All's Fair, World's Fair



Breakdown, Breakout



Post War


Epilogue: Perceptions and Reality


Acknowledgments


Notes


Index