Science

For the Birthplace of Video: A Not-So-Modest Proposal

Paul Schatzkin, author of The Boy Who Invented Television, discusses the historical significance of 202 Green Street in an interview conducted just outside the building. ____________________ [return to tvcentennial.com] The address is 202 Green Street, San Francisco, California. And while that address lacks the immediate recognition of, say, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave or No. 10 Downing […]

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The Quantum Origins Of Television

Quantum Mechanics had a moment last summer, thanks to ‘Oppenheimer.’ But ‘Oppenheimer’ also reminded me of an important historical footnote that too often gets overlooked in our preoccupation with blowing things up and the prospect of human annihilation: that television, and video in general, also derives from the same scientific breakthroughs in the early 20th

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Farnsworth Fusor, Grassroots Experiments…

…all brought to light in the Wall Street Journal: After months in the making, this morning’s Wall Street Journal offers a front page story featuring the "amateur fusion" community hosted here at fusor.net: Many of these hobbyists call themselves "fusioneers," and have formed a loosely knit community that numbers more than 100 world-wide. Getting into

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