�������������������������������������������������byCateFoleyillustratedbyMaxwellBabyCopyright©byHarcourt,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedortransmittedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronicormechanical,includingphotocopy,recording,oranyinformationstorageandretrievalsystem,withoutpermissioninwritingfromthepublisher.RequestsforpermissiontomakecopiesofanypartoftheworkshouldbeaddressedtoSchoolPer-missionsandCopyrights,Harcourt,Inc.,6277SeaHarborDrive,Orlando,Florida32887-6777.Fax:407-345-2418.HARCOURTandtheHarcourtLogoaretrademarksofHarcourt,Inc.,registeredintheUnitedStatesofAmericaand/orotherjurisdictions.PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmericaISBN10:0-15-351140-0ISBN13:978-0-15-351140-0OrderingOptionsISBN10:0-15-350603-2(Grade6On-LevelCollection)ISBN13:978-0-15-350603-1(Grade6On-LevelCollection)ISBN10:0-15-357993-5(packageof5)ISBN13:978-0-15-357993-6(packageof5)Ifyouhavereceivedthesematerialsasexaminationcopiesfreeofcharge,HarcourtSchoolPub-lishersretainstitletothematerialsandtheymaynotberesold.Resaleofexaminationcopiesisstrictlyprohibitedandisillegal.Possessionofthispublicationinprintformatdoesnotentitleuserstoconvertthispublication,oranyportionofit,intoelectronicformat.12345678910179121110090807063HaveyoueverheardofPhiloT.Farnsworth?Ifnot,don’tworry.Manypeopleareunfamiliarwiththishistoricfigure.HaditnotbeenforPhiloFarnsworth,however,wemightbewithoutoneofthemostsignificantinventionsofalltime—thetelevision.That’sright,PhiloFarnsworthwasresponsibleforthedevelopmentofmoderntelevision,adevicenowpopularwithteenagersandothersaroundtheworld.Coincidentally,hewasonlyateenagerhimselfwhentheideacametohim.Utah4BorninIndianSprings,Utah,in1906,Philowasachildoftheexpansive,rapidlygrowingWest,wherehehelpedworkonhisfamily’sfarm.Althoughhisparentshadhopedthathewouldbecomeaconcertviolinist,Philo’sinterestsweremorescientific.Philobegantomarvelatmanyofthenewandamazinginventionsofthetime.5Philowasparticularlyenthrall...
