Reviews for Signor Marconi's Magic Box : The Most Remarkable Invention of the 19th Century and the Amateur Inventor Whose Genius Sparked a Revolution

The average rating for Signor Marconi's Magic Box : The Most Remarkable Invention of the 19th Century and the Amateur Inventor Whose Genius Sparked a Revolution based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2006-12-29 00:00:00 Hariette Surovell An interesting biography of Guglielmo Marconi and his role in the invention of radio. While Marconi was not the first person to transmit radio signals, and while he didn't invent the building blocks that made up radio, he was the first person able to take what was a laboratory curiosity and to turn it into a practical system for long-distance communication. It was thanks to Marconi that wireless went from sending signals a few hundred yards to spanning the Atlantic ocean in less than a decade, and so he is, more than anyone, responsible for the birth of radio. This book is an interesting account of this achievement.

Review # 2 was written on 2021-05-05 00:00:00 Jonathan Smith An interesting tale of a remarkable inventor. Sometimes bogs down. This book had no citations, so I am at a loss for where the author sourced specific information, which would have been nice given that it appeared there was some primary source research based on what the introduction discussed.