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Greg Couch (illustrator) and
Kathleen Krull
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Dragonfly
Publication date
February 11, 2014
Pages
40
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Easy Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780385755573
ISBN-10
0385755570
Dimensions
0.25 by 9 by 12 in.
Weight
0.40 lbs.
Original list price
$7.99
Other format details
juvenile
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: An inspiring true story of a boy genius.
Plowing a potato field in 1920, a 14-year-old farm boy from Idaho saw in the parallel rows of overturned earth a way to “make pictures fly through the air.” This boy was not a magician; he was a scientific genius and just eight years later he made his brainstorm in the potato field a reality by transmitting the world’s first television image. This fascinating picture-book biography of Philo Farnsworth 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.
Plowing a potato field in 1920, a 14-year-old farm boy from Idaho saw in the parallel rows of overturned earth a way to “make pictures fly through the air.” This boy was not a magician; he was a scientific genius and just eight years later he made his brainstorm in the potato field a reality by transmitting the world’s first television image. This fascinating picture-book biography of Philo Farnsworth 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.
Editions
Hardcover
With Kathleen Krull |
from Alfred a Knopf Inc (September 8, 2009)
9780375845611 | details & prices | 40 pages | 8.75 × 11.50 × 0.50 in. | Rec. grade levels 1-2 | 0.92 lbs | List price $16.99
About: An inspiring true story of a boy genius.
About: An inspiring true story of a boy genius.
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
With Kathleen Krull |
from Dragonfly (February 11, 2014)
9780385755573 | details & prices | 40 pages | 9.00 × 12.00 × 0.25 in. | Rec. grade levels 1-2 | 0.40 lbs | List price $7.99
About: An inspiring true story of a boy genius.
About: An inspiring true story of a boy genius.
Library
With Kathleen Krull |
from Alfred a Knopf Inc (September 8, 2009)
9780375945618 | details & prices | 40 pages | 8.75 × 11.50 × 0.50 in. | Rec. grade levels 1-2 | 0.85 lbs | List price $19.99
About: An inspiring true story of a boy genius.
About: An inspiring true story of a boy genius.
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