{"product_id":"the-last-lone-inventor-a-tale-of-genius-deceit-and-the-birth-of-television-9780060935597","title":"The Last Lone Inventor: A Tale of Genius, Deceit, and the Birth of Television","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn a story that is both of its time and timeless, Evan I. Schwartz tells a tale of genius versus greed, innocence versus deceit, and independent brilliance versus corporate arrogance. Many men have laid claim to the title \"father of television,\" but Philo T. Farnsworth is the true genius behind what may be the most influential invention of our time. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDriven by his obsession to demonstrate his idea, by the age of twenty Farnsworth was operating his own laboratory above a garage in San Francisco and filing for patents. The resulting publicity caught the attention of RCA tycoon David Sarnoff, who became determined to control television in the same way he monopolized radio. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on original research, including interviews with Farnsworth family members, \u003cem\u003eThe Last Lone Inventor\u003c\/em\u003e is the story of the epic struggle between two equally passionate adversaries whose clash symbolized a turning point in the culture of creativity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchwartz, Evan I.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eTo write \u003cem\u003eTHE LAST LONE INVENTOR, \u003c\/em\u003e Evan I. Schwartz spent two years researching the life stories of Philo T. Farnsworth and David Sarnoff. He interviewed surviving Farnsworth family members, including Farnsworth's 93-year-old widow, and he visited document archives in six states. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a journalist, Evan has been covering information technology for 15 years. He is a former editor at \u003cem\u003eBusinessWeek, \u003c\/em\u003e where he covered software and digital media and was part of teams that produced 12 cover stories and won a National Magazine Award and a Computer Press Award. In recent years, he has written for \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times, WIRED, \u003c\/em\u003e and MIT's \u003cem\u003eTechnology Review.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvan's first book, titled WEBONOMICS, published by Broadway Books, a division of Random House, has ranked as Amazon.com's #1 bestselling business book and was chosen as a finalist for two major awards: The Global Business Book Award as well as the Computer Press Award. International editions have been published in eight countries. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvan's second book, \u003cem\u003eDIGITAL DARWINISM, \u003c\/em\u003e from the same publisher, also hit #1 on Amazon's business list shortly after its release, in June 1999. Now in its twelfth hardcover and first paperback printing in the U.S., it is available in the U.K., from Penguin, and has been translated into eight other languages. It too was named a finalist for the Computer Press Award for Non-Fiction Book of the Year. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvan holds a B.S. in computer science from Union College in Schenectady, New York, and lives with his family in Brookline, Mass.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50649732382994,"sku":"9780060935597","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6cf4b118-ec5e-4945-a5e4-87a56cb4b99d.jpg?v=1733272242","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-last-lone-inventor-a-tale-of-genius-deceit-and-the-birth-of-television-9780060935597","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}