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One day, a television engineer named Ralph Baer began to wonder whether our TVs would be able to play games with us. His experiments led to the development of the first video game console, marketed by Magnavox as Odyssey. Honored by President George W. Bush as the father of video games, Baer is still at work developing new ideas.

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Genius at Work! Great Inventor Biographies series. These volumes provide basic information about inventors who, though well known today, initially faced great opposition. The inspiring histories of determined individuals, described in accessible if a bit simplistic texts, are augmented by archival photographs. Source material for each volume is unfortunately lacking. Reading list, timeline, websites. Glos., ind., The Horn Book Guide Spring 2011

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