Peter Goldmark was born in Budapest, Hungary, in 1906. As a student at the University of Vienna he was fascinated by the technology of television. While pursuing his bachelor's degree he designed a television receiver with a screen about the size of a...

Peter Carl Goldmark (1906-1977), a Hungarian-born physicist and engineer who later became a U.S. citizen, is best known for his invention of the long-playing record, commonly known as the LP. It revolutionized the recorded music industry and dominated...

We take it for granted, but media depend on it. Lawyers, doctors and spies depend on it. Linda Tripp depended on it. We all depend on it: for music, entertainment, interviews, oral history, talking books, a handy way of recording, storing and playing back...

Although the Faberge name is most closely associated with his fabulous bejeweled and enameled eggs, Peter Carl Faberge also produced myriad ornaments in gold, silver and precious stones. Faberge was only 20 when he took over his father's modest business in fine jewelry...