Here's a simplified timeline of key developments:
* 1873: Willoughby Smith discovered the photoconductivity of selenium, which would later be used in television cameras.
* 1884: Paul Nipkow patented the Nipkow disk, a mechanical scanning system that would become the foundation for early television systems.
* 1907: Russian scientist Boris Rosing combined a cathode ray tube with a Nipkow disk to transmit images.
* 1923: Vladimir Zworykin filed a patent for an electronic television system using a cathode ray tube, laying the groundwork for modern television.
* 1927: Philo Farnsworth successfully transmitted the first electronic image using a cathode ray tube.
* 1930s: Several inventors and companies developed and refined television systems, leading to the first regular public broadcasts in the 1930s and 1940s.
While Einstein was a brilliant physicist, his primary focus was on theoretical physics, not television technology.