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walterpodrazik is a co-author of this book, watching tv:eight decades of american television . mr. walter podrazik, who went invented the t.v. to select if you want to look at the technical side was either mr. baird in europe and or it could be - or basically whomever took it to its next technical step. the important thing about when you re talking about t.v. is. is it the mechanical means of conveying information or is it the thing that is used, the content on the t.v. itself? i look at that question very often. i have come to define television as that which we see on the instrument which traditionally we have called television. or, whatever concept is created that we view on any means whatsoever but it is still thought of as primarily video, primarily television communication. so we are still in the midst of inventing television even as we speak. who began the discovery of the instrument on which we watch television? there are two forms of television. the original exp
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we look at what the book is about it is a great read we hope people will get it. host: rest in power the enduring life of trayvon martin thanks for sharing your time with me today. . i am delighted to introduce tonights author lifetime professor of history at harvard and former chair of harvard history department and affiliated professor in the harvard department of government and affiliated faculty member in the honorary fellow from cambridge. the ideological origins with of book of the year award in the history manifesto. this new book civil wars examines the history from the roots to the conflicts over the past two decades. the questions of what makes a conflict not know me a war but a civil war is intensely political into our one side or the other blood is a model of its kind to be concise and clearly laid out it is hard to imagine a more timely work for today. please help me to welcome david are minted. [applause] thanks for that warm introduction and notes to r
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