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Abramson, Albert. Zworykin: Pioneer of Television. University of Illinois Press, 1995.

Farnsworth, Elma G. Distant Vision. Pemberly Kent, 1989.

Fisher, David, and Fisher, Marshall Jon. Tube: The Invention of Television. Counterpoint, 1996.

Kisseloff, Jeff. The Box: An Oral History of Television (1920-1961). Viking , 1995.

Ritchie, Michael. Please Stand By: A Prehistory of Television. The Overlook Press, 1994.


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