Nobel Prize Centenary: Guglielmo Marconi
Michael Sexton’s book MARCONI: The Irish Connection adds to the vast corpus of professional and other literature about the pioneer of radio communication and inventor of the first practical system of wireless telegraphy. With appendices and bibliography it provides sketches, drawings, maps and photographs. From a young age Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937) developed a passion for the sciences and studied physics at the technical institute of Livorno and the University of Bologna. The book provides commentary on what Marconi’s technical…
