The History of Television, 1880 to 1941 - Hardcover

Abramson, Albert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0899502849 ISBN 13: 9780899502847

Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc, 1988

Synopsis

It would be difficult to cite any technological innovation whose impact on the fabric of daily living has been as pervasive as that of television. Within a few decades after its invention, television was providing, literally, a window to the world. A sole inventor of television does not exist. Instead, it came about through a remarkable interaction of several hundred scientists. Interviews with the scientists whose imagination and enterprise combined to make television a reality, extensive archival research worldwide, and rare photos make this book the one definitive history and the only authoritative account. Early inventions, the first devices, early camera tubes, the mechanical era, the kinescope, the iconoscope, and more. Extensive references.

About this title

Review:

"a massive quantity of research"--Library Journal

About the Author:

The late Albert Abramson worked at CBS for over 30 years as a cameraman, videotape editor, and sound technician, and was the author of several books and articles on the history of television aside from the two-volume set from McFarland. He lived in Las Vegas, Nevada.

About this edition

• Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0899502849
• ISBN 13: 9780899502847
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 354