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Signor Marconi's Magic Box: The Most Remarkable Invention Of The 19th Century & The Amateur Inventor Whose Genius Sparked A Revolution

by: Gavin Weightman

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 621.384092
EAN: 9780306813788
ISBN: 0306813785
Label: Da Capo Press
Manufacturer: Da Capo Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 336
Publication Date: September 21, 2004
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Release Date: September 21, 2004
Sales Rank: 507980
Studio: Da Capo Press



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The world at the turn of the twentieth century was in the throes of 'Marconi-mania'-brought on by an incredible invention that no one could quite explain, and by a dapper and eccentric figure (who would one day win the newly minted Nobel Prize) at the center of it all. At a time when the telephone, telegraph, and electricity made the whole world wonder just what science would think of next, the startling answer had come in 1896 in the form of two mysterious wooden boxes containing a device Marconi had rigged up to transmit messages 'through the ether.' It was the birth of the radio, and no scientist in Europe or America, not even Marconi himself, could at first explain how it worked...it just did.

Here is a rich portrait of the man and his era-a captivating tale of British blowhards, American con artists, and Marconi himself-a character par excellence, who eventually winds up a virtual prisoner of his worldwide fame and fortune.



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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Good Biography
This is a great Biography of Marconi, who is the father of radio. I never read Marconi's story before ... Read More


Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - the Tesla thief, still glorified...?
Surprised that the book fails on a major point: to talk about the highly supportable contention that Marconi ... Read More


Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - We learn much about aerials, but not much about inventions.
This book, at 291 pages, is a quick read. It can be read in about two hours. We learn that Marconi's main contribution ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Like Early Wireless Itself: Useful, but Flawed
From the title, you might suppose this book to be a history of early wireless, with an emphasis on Marconi's work. And so ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Looking (and thinking) inside the box
The story of the development of wireless technology is complicated and surrounded by claim and counter claim. Marconi is undoubtedly ... Read More

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