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Book Synopsis Marconi the Wizard by : Trisha Speed Shaskan
Download or read book Marconi the Wizard written by Trisha Speed Shaskan and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2007 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the young wizard Marconi magically packs his school bag every morning, it gives him exactly what he will need and it knows when he will need it.
Download or read book Marconi written by Marc Raboy and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-06-28 with total page 888 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A little over a century ago, the world went wireless. Cables and all their limiting inefficiencies gave way to a revolutionary means of transmitting news and information almost everywhere, instantaneously. By means of "Hertzian waves," as radio waves were initially known, ships could now make contact with other ships (saving lives, such as on the doomed S.S. Titanic); financial markets could coordinate with other financial markets, establishing the price of commodities and fixing exchange rates; military commanders could connect with the front lines, positioning artillery and directing troop movements. Suddenly and irrevocably, time and space telescoped beyond what had been thought imaginable. Someone had not only imagined this networked world but realized it: Guglielmo Marconi. As Marc Raboy shows us in this enthralling and comprehensive biography, Marconi was the first truly global figure in modern communications. Born to an Italian father and an Irish mother, he was in many ways stateless, working his cosmopolitanism to advantage. Through a combination of skill, tenacity, luck, vision, and timing, Marconi popularized--and, more critically, patented--the use of radio waves. Soon after he burst into public view at the age of 22 with a demonstration of his wireless apparatus in London, 1896, he established his Wireless Telegraph & Signal Company and seemed unstoppable. 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--all before the age of 40. Until his death in 1937, Marconi was at the heart of every major innovation in electronic communication, courted by powerful scientific, political, and financial interests. He established stations and transmitters in every corner of the globe, from Newfoundland to Buenos Aires, Hawaii to Saint Petersburg. Based on original research and unpublished archival materials in four countries and several languages, 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. Raboy also explores Marconi's relationshps with his wives, mistresses, and children, and examines in unsparing detail the last ten years of the inventor's life, when he returned to Italy and became a pillar of Benito Mussolini's fascist regime. Raboy's engrossing biography, which will stand as the authoritative work of its subject, proves that we still live in the world Marconi created.
Book Synopsis Signor Marconi's Magic Box by : Gavin Weightman
Download or read book Signor Marconi's Magic Box written by Gavin Weightman and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2009-06-16 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 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 Atlantic.Here is a rich portrait of the man and his era-and a captivating tale of science and scientists, business and businessmen. There are stories 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.
Book Synopsis Wireless Writing in the Age of Marconi by : Timothy C. Campbell
Download or read book Wireless Writing in the Age of Marconi written by Timothy C. Campbell and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wireless technology has become deeply embedded in everyday life, but its impact cannot be fully understood without probing the contributions of the Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937), who ushered in the beginning of wireless communication. Marconi produced and detected sound waves over long distances, using the curvature of the earth for direction, and laid the foundations for what we know as radio—the original mobile, voice-activated, and electronic media community. Timothy C. Campbell demonstrates that Marconi’s invention of the wireless telegraph was not simply a technological act but also had an impact on poetry and aesthetics and linked the written word to the rise of mass politics. Reading influential works such as F. T. Marinetti’s futurist manifestos, Rudolf Arnheim’s 1936 study Radio, writings by Gabriele D’Annunzio, and Ezra Pound’s Cantos, Campbell reveals how the newness of wireless technology was inscribed in the ways modernist authors engaged with typographical experimentation, apocalyptic tones, and newly minted models for registering voices. Wireless Writing in the Age of Marconi presents an alternative history of modernism that listens as well as looks and bears in mind the altered media environment brought about by the emergence of the wireless. Timothy C. Campbell is associate professor of Italian at Cornell University.
Download or read book Marconi and Tesla written by Tim O'Shei and published by Enslow Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2008 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces readers to the inventors of wireless communication equipment and the Tesla coil used in today's radios and television sets through an examination of their childhood years, education, inspirations, and groundbreaking discoveries.
Download or read book Ezra Makes Magic written by Leanna Koch and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2024-03 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With his magic sack packed, Ezra sets off on a long journey to the palace to attend his long-awaited advanced magic class. Along the way, he meets several friends who need his help. The items in his magic sack just might save their day, but will Ezra make it to the palace for class? Stairway Decodables is a supplemental phonics resource that's perfect for supporting small group instruction, independent reading, or reading practice at home. This title provides practice in decoding words with soft c, soft g, and -dge endings.
Download or read book Wizard written by Marc Seifer and published by Citadel. This book was released on 2011-10-24 with total page 859 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The story of one of the most prolific, independent, and iconoclastic inventors of this century…fascinating.”—Scientific American Nikola Tesla (1856-1943), credited as the inspiration for radio, robots, and even radar, has been called the patron saint of modern electricity. Based on original material and previously unavailable documents, this acclaimed book is the definitive biography of the man considered by many to be the founding father of modern electrical technology. Among Tesla’s creations were the channeling of alternating current, fluorescent and neon lighting, wireless telegraphy, and the giant turbines that harnessed the power of Niagara Falls. This essential biography is illustrated with sixteen pages of photographs, including the July 20, 1931, Time magazine cover for an issue celebrating the inventor’s career. “A deep and comprehensive biography of a great engineer of early electrical science--likely to become the definitive biography. Highly recommended.”--American Association for the Advancement of Science “Seifer's vivid, revelatory, exhaustively researched biography rescues pioneer inventor Nikola Tesla from cult status and restores him to his rightful place as a principal architect of the modern age.” --Publishers Weekly Starred Review “[Wizard] brings the many complex facets of [Tesla's] personal and technical life together in to a cohesive whole....I highly recommend this biography of a great technologist.” --A.A. Mullin, U.S. Army Space and Strategic Defense Command, COMPUTING REVIEWS “[Along with A Beautiful Mind] one of the five best biographies written on the brilliantly disturbed.”--WALL STREET JOURNAL “Wizard is a compelling tale presenting a teeming, vivid world of science, technology, culture and human lives.”-
Book Synopsis The Wizard of Wireless, Guglielmo Marconi and Cape Breton by :
Download or read book The Wizard of Wireless, Guglielmo Marconi and Cape Breton written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Marconi's Wireless and the Rhetoric of a New Technology by : Aaron A. Toscano
Download or read book Marconi's Wireless and the Rhetoric of a New Technology written by Aaron A. Toscano and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-02-09 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the discourse surrounding the wireless, created by the Anglo-Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi. The wireless excited early twentieth-century audiences before it even became a viable black box technology. The wireless adhered to modernist values—speed, efficiency, militarization, and progress. Language surrounding the wireless is a form of technical communication, overlooked by today’s practitioners. This book establishes a broader definition for technical communication by examining a selection of the discourse surrounding Marconi's wireless. The book’s main themes are the following: 1) technical communication is all discourse surrounding technology, 2) the field of technical communication (or technical writing) should incorporate analyses of discourse surrounding technologies into its epistemology, 3) the wireless is a product of the society from which it comes (early twentieth-century Western civilization), and 4) the discourse surrounding the wireless is infused with tropes of progress—speed, efficiency, evolution, and ahistoricity.
Book Synopsis Syntony and Spark by : Hugh G.J. Aitken
Download or read book Syntony and Spark written by Hugh G.J. Aitken and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2014-07-14 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a readable narrative of the science and technology of early radio combined with sociological and economic analysis of how radio changed our lives. Originally published in 1985. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Download or read book Sea, Land and Air written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 828 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Sketch written by and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Radio Boys at Mountain Pass: the Midnight Call for Assistance by : Allen Chapman
Download or read book The Radio Boys at Mountain Pass: the Midnight Call for Assistance written by Allen Chapman and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The National Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Marconi My Beloved by : Maria Cristina Marconi
Download or read book Marconi My Beloved written by Maria Cristina Marconi and published by Branden Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When in 1895 twenty-one-year-old Guglielmo Marconi made his first wireless transmission over land, he became the boy wonder of the world. When subsequently, he made similar transmissions across the Atlantic Ocean, thus proving to the world that his radio-related inventions had immediate and wide-spread applications for all of humanity, young Marconi ushered in the Age of Communication. The life, the works, the character of one of the greatest scientists of this Century, Guglielmo Marconi, the inventor of the Radio, are described in this carefully documented, impassioned and deeply involved book by an exceptional witness: his wife Maria Cristina. He was called 'The genius who gave a voice to silence'. Acclaimed by the whole world, the recipient of the most prestigious honours and decorations, he never lost his innate modesty and discretion even at the height of his success.
Download or read book Town Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Story of the Telegraph by : John Murray
Download or read book A Story of the Telegraph written by John Murray and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-10-26 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A Story of the Telegraph" by John Murray is a historical account that takes readers on a journey through the fascinating history of telegraphy and its impact on communication. Murray's narrative provides insights into the development of telegraph technology and its role in shaping the modern world. The book offers a valuable perspective on the evolution of communication and the individuals who played pivotal roles in its advancement. "A Story of the Telegraph" is an informative and enlightening read for those interested in the history of technology and its transformative effects on society.
