Zworykin Pioneer of Television
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Using patents published and unpublished documents and interviews with television pioneers including Zworykin himself Abramson reconstructs the inventors life from his early years in Russia through his stay as RCAs technical guru under David Sarnoff to his death in 1982. More than fifty photographs show highlights of Zworykins work. Abramson notes the contributions of other scientists--particularly Zworykins biggest rival Philo T. Farnsworth--to the advancement of television. However he argues it was Zworykins inventions that made modern all-electronic television possible causing many to award him the title "father of television". "His achievements rank him with Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell " states Albert Abramson in this discerning often dramatic biography of Vladimir Kosma Zworykin the Russian-born scientist who "did more to create our present system of cathode-ray television than any other person."
