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A combination of an inquisitive young mind, lots of spare time and inspiring reading has propelled many inventors into their successful careers. For a twelve-year-old youngster called Philo T. Farnsworth , this kind of fruitful cohesion happened after his family moved to a large farm in Rigby , Idaho , in 1918. These humble beginnings eventually led to the invention of electronic television.
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Launiainen, P. (2018). Mesmerized by the Moving Image. In: A Brief History of Everything Wireless. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78910-1_5
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