The Boy Who Invented TV: The Story of Philo Farnsworth

Philo Farnsworth, a young inventor from a small town in Idaho, harnesses the power of electronic television in an era when radios and silent movies were the rage. Despite facing numerous obstacles, he never gives up on his dream to create something that would change the world. The biography 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.