Guglielmo Marconi
1874 – 1937 · Italy · Engineering, Physics
Nobel Prize in Physics, 1909
Made radio a transatlantic reality.
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- James Clerk Maxwell
1831 – 1879 · Physics, Mathematics
Marconi's transatlantic signal is the commercial demonstration of Maxwell's predicted waves.
- Nikola Tesla
1856 – 1943 · Engineering, Physics
Tesla's oscillator patents underlie the radio apparatus Marconi commercialised.
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