Marconi: The Man Who Networked the World

Guglielmo Marconi was the first global figure in modern communications, popularizing and patenting the use of radio waves. He was decorated by the Czar of Russia, named an Italian Senator, knighted by King George V of England, and awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics. Raboy's book is the first to connect significant parts of Marconi's story, from his early days in Italy to his groundbreaking experiments, to his protean role in world affairs.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 872 pages
Publication date: 14 March 2019
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc

A little over a century ago, the world went wireless, ushering in a revolutionary era of transmitting news and information almost everywhere, instantly. Cables and their limitations gave way to Hertzian waves, initially known as radio waves, enabling ships to make contact, financial markets to coordinate, military commanders to connect with the front lines, and time and space to be telescoped beyond imagination. Guglielmo Marconi, a man of Italian and Irish descent, was the first truly global figure in modern communications. Through a combination of skill, tenacity, luck, vision, and timing, Marconi popularized and patented the use of radio waves. At the age of 22, he burst into public view with a demonstration of his wireless apparatus in London, 1896, and established his Wireless Telegraph & Signal Company. He was unstoppable, receiving decorations from the Czar of Russia, becoming an Italian Senator, being knighted by King George V of England, and receiving the Nobel Prize for Physics before the age of 40. Marconi remained at the heart of every major innovation in electronic communication until his death in 1937, courted by powerful scientific, political, and financial interests. He established stations and transmitters in every corner of the globe, from New York to Tokyo, revolutionizing communication and shaping the world as we know it today.

Weight: 1008g
Dimension: 142 x 208 x 46 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780190905934