Vladimir Zworykin

The average person will spend watching TV for at least 9 years in total. This is a big chunk of our lives, just sitting down in front of the TV, but 100 years ago no such things as TV's existed. Who started this, who made it? "Recognized as the "Father of Television, Vladimir Zworykin" (Knight, Judson). Vladimir Zworykin was a scientist and engineer who has a nickname of "Father of Television". "Zworykin was born on July 30, 1889, in Mourom, Russia." (Knight, Judson). Mourom was a small town near a river and it was far from the capital. His father owned a fleet of boats (Knight, Judson). He never starved nor had a hard childhood. But in 1919 he moved to America because he knew a civil war was going to start. Vladimir Zworykin was a trustworthy man who was willing to give up anything for his inventions making him a truly intelligent man giving inspiration to all young scientists and he stands tall as a great hero.

Vladimir Zworykin could be always trusted, as many people rely on his invention nowadays. To be able to make this great invention he needed money and support. Back then an idea like the TV was insane. Film industries would love such an improvement. Was it even possible to make a box that would create any picture? As for back then the only film was on a projector. He told companies of his great ideas and thoughts. Trusting and investing money on him would be a huge risk. Some companies were not impressed of this idea. There was one company who was willing to take the risk. "RCA was willing to invest a substantial amount of money to develop this new technology."(Loren Butler) Zworykin left his job at the Westinghouse where no one was impressed of the idea and he was on the search for a new company. Later he found a place called the RCA which stands for Radio Corporation of America. This company was faithful and trusted this brilliant man. As for the cost of making all the technology was an insane amount. In the present day we had made the process much easier and cheaper. As for back then it would cost a lot more. "Zworykin estimated the cost of the television development to be $100,000... later disclosed to the New York Times that "RCA spent $50 million before [they] ever got a penny back from TV"."( Stephon W. Smith) Back then money was worth more and Zworykin had made an estimate of the cost to be 100,000 dollars. They couldn't sell the first TV because it was too expensive to buy for any normal human. No one knew if it really works, to buy it would need a lot of trust for all the money they spent. The first TV might have cost 100,000 dollars. But to make profit the company had to make more and the total cost before they made any profit was 50 million dollars. In the end they made a huge profit and the 50 million dollars spent was nothing. A lot of money was spent to make Zworykin's dreams come true and this company trusted him with his knowledge. The risk was made and they trusted a man who no one knew.

Vladimir Zworykin was a genius. We can thank him for his intelligence for making it all possible. Now days we have flat screen TV's with all the colors with a beautiful and peaceful experience. Zworykin had learned in many schools and learned different types of science and engineering. Using his brain and setting big goals made him achieve great things. He worked hard and earned many different awards "He was awarded the U.S. Presidential Medal of Science in 1966" (Loren Butler) "He was awarded The National Medal of Science in 1967" (Edwin Emery) He was awarded at least 3 awards for his great knowledge and for his hard work Zworykin was an ordinary man and he became so smart and popular. Zworykin has also made the sniper scope for World War 2 and the electron microscope. The sniper scope made it easier to see in long distant which help out in the war. He was part of a team that was working on the electron microscope he played a major role there. The electron microscope uses an electron beam to produce a magnified image and was used to help the study of elements and electrons. "Later in 1912 he traveled to France, where he studied physics "He traveled the world to learn including France where he learned about physics and X-rays. As a quote from Albert Einstein says "I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious". The fact that you might be smart won't mean you will use it well. As long as you set goals and imagine things that are not possible. Just don't sit around, try to make it possible. Zworykin had a good head and used it well, he didn't waste time, and he spent it carefully.

Vladimir Zworykin was very smart and hardworking man; he was trusted by big companies even though he was just a normal man with not much popularly. A normal man was trusted with a crazy idea with a box that shows images. They knew he had a good education but to trust him 50 million dollars was not possible .Vladimir Zworykin had grown and prospered to become such a great intelligent man. He is such an inspiration as he shows us all how his hard work had made him achieve his goals and ideas. People should dream more about the future and ways to make it better and stronger. He gave us ideas that no other man would ever think of. That is what makes each scientist a special human being. They become part of our history and personally showing him what kind of TV's we have now would be great. As many people use these TVs everyday spending much of their time relaxing and having a good time. Now almost every home has a TV. We made thinner TVs, with color and much bigger. The price drops as it's much easier to make a TV. More and more technological improvements are appearing around the world. Each and every scientist gets inspired by the older scientists. As this chain will go on forever, but my hero deserves a place high up where it all began.

Works Cited: Knight, Judson. "Vladimir Kosma Zworykin." Science and Its Times. Ed. Neil Schlager and Josh Lauer. Vol. 6: 1900 to 1949. Detroit: Gale, 2000. 603-604. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 2 May 2014. Feffer, Loren Butler. "The Birth of Television." Science and Its Times. Ed. Neil Schlager and Josh Lauer. Vol. 6: 1900 to 1949. Detroit: Gale, 2000. 551-553. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 9 May 2014.