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'''Guglielmo Marconi''' (1874-1937) was an Italian electrical engineer who is often credited as the "inventor" of the wireless telegraph and the radio.

'''Guglielmo Marconi''' (1874-1937) was an [[Italian]] electrical engineer who is often credited as the "inventor" of the wireless [[telegraph]] and the [[radio]].

The groundwork for radio had been laid by [[James Clerk Maxwell]], whose equations predicted the existence of radio waves, and [[Heinrich Hertz]], who first discovered them in the laboratory. Several inventors, notably [[Oliver Lodge]], were working on wireless telegraphy.

The groundwork for radio had been laid by [[James Clerk Maxwell]], whose equations predicted the existence of radio waves, and [[Heinrich Hertz]], who first discovered them in the laboratory. Several inventors, notably [[Oliver Lodge]], were working on wireless telegraphy.

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 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.

A recent bestselling nonfiction book by Erik Larson, ''Thunderstruck,'' tells the interleaved stories of Marconi's development of radio and a famous real murder case, the [[Crippen]] murder. The stories converge because Crippen and his mistress believed they were safely escaping from England on an ocean liner. They were unaware that the captain of the ship suspected them and had radioed back to London. Crippen would chat at dinner with the captain, totally unaware that the Marconi operator was in touch with the British police, that a detective had boarded a faster ocean liner and was chasing Crippen, and that millions of people were reading about the chase in newspapers every day.

A recent bestselling nonfiction book by Erik Larson, ''Thunderstruck,'' tells the interleaved stories of Marconi's development of radio and a famous real murder case, the [[Crippen]] murder. The stories converge because Crippen and his mistress believed they were safely escaping from England on an ocean liner. They were unaware that the captain of the ship suspected them and had radioed back to London. Crippen would chat at dinner with the captain, totally unaware that the Marconi operator was in touch with the British police, that a detective had boarded a faster ocean liner and was chasing Crippen, and that millions of people were reading about the chase in newspapers every day.

[[Category:Nobel laureates in Physics]]

[[Category:Nobel laureates in Physics]]

[[Category:Inventors|Marconi, Guglielmo]]

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