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Blips on a Screen: How Ralph Baer Invented TV Video Gaming and Launched a Worldwide Obsession
Kate Hannigan
Illustrator: Zacharia OHora
Ages: 9+
Published: 2022
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf/Random House Children's Books/PRH
ISBN: 978-0-593-30671-0
Keywords: Inventors, Inventions, Television, Video Games, Jewish Refugees
Bored watching TV, a Jewish refugee attempted to make the experience more interesting, using skills he had acquired as a radio operator in the U.S. Army during World War II. Colorful, cheerful illustrations.