Who Invented the Television?: Sarnoff vs. Farnsworth

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INTRODUCTION TWO TELEVISIONEERS Time is ticking down on the biggest game of the season the Super Bowl Suddenly the quarterback finds an open man and launches the ball through the air Touchdown And you see it all in perfect clarity A giant screen stretches out across the wall in front of you As the fans in the stadium celebrate the sound booms from your set Watching the Super Bowl on television lets you see the action from above the stadium down on the field and even from the players point of view Television has shared some historic moments with people around the world from presidential debates to the first moon landing But watching live events from your home was not always such a simple thing Even a century ago sending moving pictures with sound through the air seemed incredible maybe even impossible