Distant Vision: Romance and Discovery on an Invisible Frontier

by Elma G. Farnsworth

Book Overview

An intimate biography of Philo Farnswoth, "Father of Television," by his wife, with look at how television got its start and through production, plus at look at some of Philo Farnsworth's other... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0962327603
• ISBN13: 9780962327605
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Pemberly Kent Publishers
• Length: 333 Pages
• Weight: 1.72 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Forgotten No More

For everyone who has ever looked at television, you owe it to both yourself and the inventor to read this book!Written from the perspective of one who knew the Father of Television almost better than he knew himself, his wife, Elma Gardner Farnsworth.You get a widescreen look at how TV got its start right through production and even into some of Philo Farnsworth's other inventions.This is a must read book! Why hasn't it been made into a made-for TV-movie yet??

An affectionate bio of a 20th Century American Inventor.

This is a loving biography of television pioneer Philo Farnsworth by his widow. Her affection and admiration for him do not allow for much admission of errors of judgement in technical, personal, or business matters. Still, the man's brilliance is clear, as well as the stubbornness which cost him so much. This is principally a story of a man's life. There is little in the way of technical information or photographs of the technologies that Farnsworth invented and developed, nor are there references for the interested reader to follow up on. The writing is only fair. But the story and the man are interesting enough to fit this book in the library of popular inventors' biographies.