Zworykin

American  

[zwawr-i-kin] / ˈzwɔr ɪ kɪn /

noun

1. Vladimir Kosma 1889–1982, U.S. physicist, engineer, and inventor, born in Russia: known as the “father of television.”

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Zworykin British  

/ ˈzwɔːrɪkɪn /

noun

1. Vladimir Kosma (ˈvlædɪmɪə ˈkɒsmə). 1889–1982, US physicist and television pioneer, born in Russia. He developed the first practical television camera

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Zworykin

Zworykin was already famous, having helped RCA’s David Sarnoff develop the television, but by 1953, he had turned some of his efforts to automating the automobile.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 21, 2017

Zworykin later told interviewers that highway deaths and injuries motivated him to work on creating autonomous vehicles: “My idea was that control of automobiles should be done by the road.”

From Scientific American ● Sep. 21, 2017

Zworykin would continue to show off versions of his system to journalists and others at least through the late 1950s, but little came from his efforts.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 21, 2017

Vladimir Zworykin, one of TV's technological pioneers, being interviewed by former Radio Announcer Ben Grauer in a 1948 oddity called The Story of Television.

From Time Magazine Archive

The proper adjustment is then made by a mechanism in which the photoelectric current is amplified one quintillion times by a Zworykin electron multiplier.

From Time Magazine Archive