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Five Princeton Inventions that Changed the World

What: an illustrated talk
When: Wednesday, June 15, 7:30 pm
Where: Sarnoff Corporation Auditorium, 201 Washington Road, Princeton (free)
Who: Alex Magoun, Ph.D., executive director of the David Sarnoff Library
Why: The Library's contribution to the Celebrate NJ! Festival in June

Color television, transistors, computers, video cameras, liquid crystal
displays (or LCDs) - these technologies all shape how people live and
communicate around the world. They also share a common origin, here at
Princeton's RCA Laboratories. Guided by Alex Magoun, executive director of
the David Sarnoff Library and author of the Arcadia Books photohistory of the
Labs, take a tour of the stories of their invention and innovation, focusing
on the human factors that shaped their development at one uniquely innovative
company.

Three generations of engineers and scientists have created a rich and unique
history of world-changing innovation that runs right into the present, says
Magoun. This talk skims the surface of a well of creativity matched only by
Thomas Edison. It may also connect you with your neighbor, or your neighbor's
parents, or grandparents.

"Five Princeton Inventions" offers a useful source of local history, and an
introduction to issues that innovators confront today. A condensation of Dr.
Magoun's popular Princeton Adult School class last fall, this illustrated
lecture offers the same mix of education with dashes of entertainment. Magoun
explains the roles that inventive styles, funding sources, corporate
priorities, inventors elsewhere, commercial rivalries, and government
involvement all have on the process by which inventors, entrepreneurs, and
consumers improve our lives.

Doors will open at 7 pm and visitors can see the inventions discussed in the
David Sarnoff Library before and after the lecture. Refreshments will be
served. Call (609) 734-2636 for more information, and visit davidsarnoff.org
for directions.