Learn about the inventor of television, the ingenious and innovative Philo Farnsworth. From the Emmy-nominated series Science, produced by Vancouver Public Schools. | theTV.website/

Philo Farnsworth was a key figure in the invention of television, holding multiple patents in the 1930s that were crucial to the development of the art of video. However, when RCA introduced commercial television at the 1939 New York World's Fair, a revisionist history emerged, crediting RCA with bringing television to the world. 📺 Discover the real story behind the invention of television and the rivalry between Farnsworth and David Sarnoff, the president of RCA. | Cosmic Summit

Paul explains how Philo Farnsworth’s lab pioneered electronic television in the late 1920s, long before the industry caught on. The very first broadcast wasn’t a picture or a person, but a simple straight line on glass—proof that intelligence could be transmitted from one tube to another. Full Episode: https://youtu.be/r_0o1W5E2JU?si=LkQ9X8qC2g3GW5xD | Matt Beall Podcast

8.2K views · 463 reactions | On August 19, 1906, Philo T. Farnsworth, later a scientist and inventor who is credited as being the “father of television” and Latter-day Saint, was born near Beaver, Utah. He famously once stated, “I know that I have never invented anything. I have been a medium by which these things were given to the culture as fast as culture could earn them. I give the credit to God.” | LDS Daily | Facebook

5.8K views · 30 reactions | Paul explains how Philo Farnsworth tackled the riddle of nuclear fusion: how to contain a miniature star without destroying the vessel or snuffing out the reaction. While modern science spent billions on massive machines, Farnsworth believed the glow inside his experimental tubes held the key. Full Episode: https://youtu.be/r_0o1W5E2JU?si=Cb80Dn13RDEyXFw- | Matt Beall Limitless | Facebook

Paul recounts how Philo Farnsworth, armed only with a hand-cranked calculator, developed a fusion concept using electrostatic confinement. By 1959, he was building “fusors”—basketball-sized devices capable of producing sustained, controllable fusion reactions. Full Episode: https://youtu.be/r_0o1W5E2JU?si=B2Aem1fXYLXNT6ZB | Matt Beall Podcast