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Tele-Visionaries: The People Behind the Invention of Television
ISBN: 978-0-471-71156-8
Hardcover
192 pages
September 2005, Wiley-IEEE Press
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This excellent publication provides a historical background of the dream of sight/sound extension by electric means and identification of the major participants is given. The book examines the foremost problem delaying the early progress of television and explores how the development of full-colour television by examining the inventions needed to achieve the dream, the people who produced them, the role of the motion picture industry, and more.
* Offers both a personal historical perspective of the development of television and an overview of the technology
* A unique opportunity to learn of the beginnings of television from one of RCA's pioneering engineers