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This title in other editionsSignor Marconi's Magic Boxby Gavin Weightman
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:On a Winter's evening in the East End of London in 1896, an unassuming young Italian gave the first public demonstartion of a device he had created in the attic of his family home near Bologna. It consisted of two wooden boxes, one of which could apparently transmit messages to the other "through the ether". Many in the audience suspected that they were witnessing a con man's trick. None could have guessed that Signor Guglielmo Marconi's magic box would be regarded as the most remarkable invention of the nineteenth century, and that he himself would become one of the most famous men in the world. For this was nothing less than the birth of the radio, even if no scientist in Europe or America, not even Marconi himself, could at first say how it worked. And no one kenw how far these radio waves could travel, until 1903, when a message from President Theodore Roosevelt to the King of England flashed from Cape Cod to Cornwall clear across the Atlantic. Signor Marconi's Magic Box is a rich protrait of the man and his era, and a captivating tale of science and scientists, business and businessmen. Synopsis:The extraordinary and often bizarre story of an amateur inventor and how his "magic box" changed the world Synopsis:The world at the turn of the twentieth century was in the throes of "Marconi-mania"-brought on by an incredible invention that no one could quite explain, and by a dapper and eccentric figure (who would one day win the newly minted Nobel Prize) at the center of it all. At a time when the telephone, telegraph, and electricity made the whole world wonder just what science would think of next, the startling answer had come in 1896 in the form of two mysterious wooden boxes containing a device Marconi had rigged up to transmit messages "through the ether." It was the birth of the radio, and no scientist in Europe or America, not even Marconi himself, could at first explain how it worked...it just did.Here is a rich portrait of the man and his era-a captivating tale of British blowhards, American con artists, and Marconi himself-a character par excellence, who eventually winds up a virtual prisoner of his worldwide fame and fortune. About the Author Gavin Weightman is a documentary filmmaker, a journalist, and the author of The Frozen-Water Trade, a Book Sense 76 selection. He lives in London. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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