Léon Theremin (born Lev Sergeyevich Termen, Russian: Лев Сергеевич Термен) (August 27 [O.S. August 15] 1896 – November 3, 1993) was a Russian inventor. He is most famous for his invention of the theremin, the first electronic musical instrument. He is also the inventor of interlace, a technique of improving the picture quality of a video signal, widely used in video and television technology. His invention of "The Thing", an espionage tool, is co...
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Léon Theremin (born Lev Sergeyevich Termen, Russian: Лев Сергеевич Термен) (August 27 [O.S. August 15] 1896 – November 3, 1993) was a Russian inventor. He is most famous for his invention of the theremin, the first electronic musical instrument. He is also the inventor of interlace, a technique of improving the picture quality of a video signal, widely used in video and television technology. His invention of "The Thing", an espionage tool, is considered a predecessor of RFID technology.
Léon Theremin was born Lev Sergeyevich Termen in Saint Petersburg, Russia in 1896 into a family of French ancestry. He had a sister named Helena.
He started to be interested in electricity at the age of 7, and by 13 he was experimenting with high frequency circuits. In the seventh class of his high school before an audience of students and parents he demonstrated various optical effects using electricity.
By the age of 17 he was in his last year of high school and at home he had his own laboratory for...
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