The_History_Of_Television

The History Of Television Television found its roots in both ends of the economic spectrum. From a small Mormon farm boy named Philo T. Farnsworth to the high powered bankroll of NBC founder David Sarnoff. Through all of its trials and tribulations, through the patent court wars and the shroud of secrecy surrounding Sarnoffs work, it has boomed into the worlds view as the premier medium for communication. Thus it has secured its spot as the greatest invention for the 20th century. The nation was able to see what they had previously only heard. They could now understand an feel the same events that the had only heard about.. From the blurry pictures on a small 5 inch screen to the exploding surround sound and beaming pictures of today, the advent of television has shown us the same world in a new and more exciting light. Philo T. Farnsworth was born in 1906 in a Utah log cabin, electricity not included. At the age of 6, Farnsworth declared that he would become an inventor like his idols Alexander Bell and Thomas Edison. The young boy taught himself physics, he constantly studeied Einstein's theories and read borrowed science books and magazines for hours on end. television, farnsworth, sarnoff, radio, small, new, rca, people, war, one, nothing, nbc, first, color, while, true, thought, sets, saw, same, pictures, over, networks, light, inventor, government, farnsworths, farm, began, world, viewers, view, time, through, technology