| #3093348 in Books | 2004-03-15 | 2004-07-05 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 7.99 x.88 x5.00l,.57 | File type: PDF | 336 pages||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| It was a good narrative but it was more about Marconi than about ...|By Ken Boyle|I wanted to read more of the technical detail of radio in its infancy. I wanted to know precisely who did what. This book was a bit shallow in that sense. It was a good narrative but it was more about Marconi than about the magic box. For instance I did not know that the Marconi transmitters desig|||‘Gavin Weightman brings alive the excitement and uncertainty of the early wireless experiments. His book cannot fail to spark the imagination of anyone wishing to comprehend the magnitude of the revolution brought about by wireless. It is an excellent r
The intriguing story of how wireless was invented by Guglielmo Marconi – and how it amused Queen Victoria, saved the lives of the Titanic survivors, tracked down criminals and began the radio revolution.
Wireless was the most fabulous invention of the 19th century: the public thought it was magic, the popular newspapers regarded it as miraculous, and the leading scientists of the day (in Europe and America) could not understand how it worked. In 1897, when...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Signor Marconi’s Magic Box: The invention that sparked the radio revolution | Gavin Weightman. I was recommended this book by a dear friend of mine.
