• Ep. 2: The Pioneers of Radio

  • By: Bill Bryson
  • Feb 27 2018
  • Length: 22 mins
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Ep. 2: The Pioneers of Radio

By: Bill Bryson
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  • Bill tells the story of the Italian Navy Detector that was devised by a humble scientist, Jagadish Chandra Bose, who could be regarded as one of India's greatest minds. And the more famous, Guillermo Marconi, and his quest to invent the Marconi Short-Wave Beam Transmitter. He is joined by John Liffen, the Science Museum's Curator of Communications.
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