@Book{1161893970,
author="Burns, Russell W.",
title="John Logie Baird, television pioneer",
series="IEE history of technology series 28",
year="2000",
publisher="Institution of Electrical Engineers",
address="London",
keywords="Inventors; Scotland; Television; History; Great Britain",
contents="Early lifeHastings -- Frith Street, London -- The first demonstration of television -- Noctovision and phonovision -- Company formation and long-distance television -- Television and the BBC -- The first television broadcast and other ``firsts'' -- Overseas interests -- Large-screen television -- The early television work of Bell Telephone Laboratories -- Financial difficulties -- The first public 30-line service -- Baird's personality -- A rival and high-definition television -- The London television station -- Baird and cinema television -- The war years -- Epilogue: Two ``greats'' -- Appendices: J.L. Baird's parents ; Television Committee. Memorandum by Mr. J.L. Baird ; Awards and commemorations.",
note="Russell Burns",
note="Includes index",
isbn="0852967977",
language="English"
}