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Book Description Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Signor Marconi's Magic Box: The Most Remarkable Invention of the 19th Century 0.84. Book. Seller Inventory # BBS-9780306813788
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Book Description Softcover. Condition: new. Advance Proof Copy. The world at the turn of the twentieth century was in the throes of Marconimaniabrought 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 one Guglielmo 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 And no one knew 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 AtlanticHere is a rich portrait of the man and his eraand a captivating tale of science and scientists business and businessmen There are stories of British blowhards American con artistsand Marconi himself a character par excellence who eventually winds up a virtual prisoner of his worldwide fame and fortune. Seller Inventory # DADAX0306813785
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Book Description Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days. Seller Inventory # C9780306813788
Book Description Trade Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 312 pages. 8.25x5.00x0.50 inches. In Stock. Seller Inventory # x-0306813785