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He was driven by the desire to demonstrate communication across the Atlantic ocean. He built stations at Wellfleet on Cape Cod, in [[Newfoundland]], and [[Cornwall]], England. It is not completely clear why he thought this was so important, as the Atlantic Cable was already in operation, providing reliable telegraph service, but he may have known that this would capture the public imagination and prove the practicality of radio as nothing else would. He succeeded in 1902, and perhaps it was this as much as anything else that made "Marconi" synonymous with "radio."

He was driven by the desire to demonstrate communication across the Atlantic ocean. He built stations at Wellfleet on Cape Cod, in [[Newfoundland]], and [[Cornwall]], England. It is not completely clear why he thought this was so important, as the Atlantic Cable was already in operation, providing reliable telegraph service, but he may have known that this would capture the public imagination and prove the practicality of radio as nothing else would. He succeeded in 1902, and perhaps it was this as much as anything else that made "Marconi" synonymous with "radio."

Marconi did not develop "radio" as we use the word today, i.e. voice communication (radio telephony), or the the broadcasting of radio programs. That was the work of others, notably [[Reginald Fessenden]].

Marconi did not develop "radio" as we use the word today, i.e. voice communication (radio telephony), or the broadcasting of radio programs. That was the work of others, notably [[Reginald Fessenden]].

For his achievements, Marconi shared the [[Nobel Prize]] in physics in 1909.

For his achievements, Marconi shared the [[Nobel Prize]] in physics in 1909.