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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated

ISBN-10019931358X

ISBN-139780199313587

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Number of Pages832 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameMarconi : the Man Who Networked the World

SubjectCultural Heritage, Radio, Telecommunications, Europe / General, Science & Technology

Publication Year2016

TypeTextbook

AuthorMarc Raboy

Subject AreaTechnology & Engineering, Biography & Autobiography, History

FormatHardcover

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Item Height2.2 in

Item Weight49.4 Oz

Item Length9.4 in

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Reviews"Marc Raboy is an observant and sure-footed guide..."--Mary K. MacLeod, Metascience "[A]n informative, readable, and pleasurable account that will provide abundant insights into Marconi''s life...[T]his book represents a remarkable, balanced contribution to the understanding of a seminal figure in the history of the modern world...Recommended."--CHOICE "Finally, the comprehensive, rounded, readable and deeply researched biography of Marconi that so significant a figure of change deserves. It is an elegant, ambitious, and brilliant treatment of an elegant, ambitious, and brilliant figure."--Monroe E. Price, Director, Center for Global Communications Studies, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania "Marconi is a tour de force, revealing the fascinating history of one of the most influential figures in the history of modern technology and the communications revolution. Employing a wide range of archival sources, Raboy crafts a highly readable story of a man who is at times heroic, at times a cad. He is unflinching in exposing the major role Marconi played in support of Mussolini''s Fascist regime."--David Kertzer, author of The Pope and Mussolini, Winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Biography "Like the networked world that he imagined, Marconi was both complicated and elusive. Raboy''s compelling and comprehensive biography places the inventor and entrepreneur at the origin of today''s debates about communications, corporations, and capitalism."--W. Patrick McCray, Professor of History, University of California at Santa Barbara "An obvious labor of love, this is the definitive biography of Marconi. Elegantly written and exhaustively researched, Marconi is an extremely impressive and deeply nuanced exploration of the inventor, the man, and the ongoing importance of his legacy."--Susan J. Douglas, University of Michigan; author of Listening In: Radio and the American Imagination "Marc Raboy''s book is by far the most comprehensive rendering of Marconi''s life and times I have seen. Drawing on numerous and in some cases only recently available resources, Marconi''s story is re-told in vivid terms and contemporary context."--Vint Cerf, Internet Pioneer "Rescuing his subject from hagiography, Marc Raboy gives us the first real account of Marconi''s vital role as the wizard of wireless, industry developer, and consummate political insider. Raboy''s impeccably researched biography will help guide histories of global media in the years ahead. A superb work of scholarship."--Dwayne Winseck, School of Journalism and Communication, Carleton University "A comprehensive portrait of a complicated man, Raboy''s meticulous, judicious work merits anchorage on science-history shelves."--Booklist, Starred Review "[Raboy] is especially adroit at portraying how Marconi was swept up in the modern world he helped create...Marconi really hums when Raboy details how his subject was implicated in the social and political effects of wireless... Marconi, which functions as a cultural history as much as a biography, reminds us that in its earliest incarnations, wireless had a romance and mystique."--New York Times "[Raboy ] is especially adroit at portraying how Marconi was swept up in the modern world he helped create...Marconi really hums when Raboy details how his subject was implicated in the social and political effects of wireless...Marconi, which functions as a cultural history as much as a biography, reminds us that in its earliest incarnations, wireless had a romance and mystique."--New York Times "Mr. Raboy''s book is a rock-solid, archivally based, professional work of history and surely one of the year''s better biographies."--Paul Kennedy, Wall Street Journal "Professor Raboy is to be congratulated on producing this definitive biography that deserves a very wide readership."--David Harris, Radio User, "Marc Raboy is an observant and sure-footed guide..."--Mary K. MacLeod, Metascience "[A]n informative, readable, and pleasurable account that will provide abundant insights into Marconi's life...[T]his book represents a remarkable, balanced contribution to the understanding of a seminal figure in the history of the modern world...Recommended."--CHOICE "Finally, the comprehensive, rounded, readable and deeply researched biography of Marconi that so significant a figure of change deserves. It is an elegant, ambitious, and brilliant treatment of an elegant, ambitious, and brilliant figure."--Monroe E. Price, Director, Center for Global Communications Studies, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania "Marconi is a tour de force, revealing the fascinating history of one of the most influential figures in the history of modern technology and the communications revolution. Employing a wide range of archival sources, Raboy crafts a highly readable story of a man who is at times heroic, at times a cad. He is unflinching in exposing the major role Marconi played in support of Mussolini's Fascist regime."--David Kertzer, author of The Pope and Mussolini, Winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Biography "Like the networked world that he imagined, Marconi was both complicated and elusive. Raboy's compelling and comprehensive biography places the inventor and entrepreneur at the origin of today's debates about communications, corporations, and capitalism."--W. Patrick McCray, Professor of History, University of California at Santa Barbara "An obvious labor of love, this is the definitive biography of Marconi. Elegantly written and exhaustively researched, Marconi is an extremely impressive and deeply nuanced exploration of the inventor, the man, and the ongoing importance of his legacy."--Susan J. Douglas, University of Michigan; author of Listening In: Radio and the American Imagination "Marc Raboy's book is by far the most comprehensive rendering of Marconi's life and times I have seen. Drawing on numerous and in some cases only recently available resources, Marconi's story is re-told in vivid terms and contemporary context."--Vint Cerf, Internet Pioneer "Rescuing his subject from hagiography, Marc Raboy gives us the first real account of Marconi's vital role as the wizard of wireless, industry developer, and consummate political insider. Raboy's impeccably researched biography will help guide histories of global media in the years ahead. A superb work of scholarship."--Dwayne Winseck, School of Journalism and Communication, Carleton University "A comprehensive portrait of a complicated man, Raboy's meticulous, judicious work merits anchorage on science-history shelves."--Booklist, Starred Review "[Raboy ] is especially adroit at portraying how Marconi was swept up in the modern world he helped create...Marconi really hums when Raboy details how his subject was implicated in the social and political effects of wireless... Marconi, which functions as a cultural history as much as a biography, reminds us that in its earliest incarnations, wireless had a romance and mystique."--New York Times "[Raboy ] is especially adroit at portraying how Marconi was swept up in the modern world he helped create...Marconi really hums when Raboy details how his subject was implicated in the social and political effects of wireless...Marconi, which functions as a cultural history as much as a biography, reminds us that in its earliest incarnations, wireless had a romance and mystique."--New York Times "Mr. Raboy's book is a rock-solid, archivally based, professional work of history and surely one of the year's better biographies."--Paul Kennedy, Wall Street Journal "Professor Raboy is to be congratulated on producing this definitive biography that deserves a very wide readership."--David Harris, Radio User, 2017 RBC Taylor Prize Finalist "[A]n informative, readable, and pleasurable account that will provide abundant insights into Marconi's life...[T]his book represents a remarkable, balanced contribution to the understanding of a seminal figure in the history of the modern world...Recommended."--CHOICE "Finally, the comprehensive, rounded, readable and deeply researched biography of Marconi that so significant a figure of change deserves. It is an elegant, ambitious, and brilliant treatment of an elegant, ambitious, and brilliant figure." --Monroe E. Price, Director, Center for Global Communications Studies, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania "Marconi is a tour de force, revealing the fascinating history of one of the most influential figures in the history of modern technology and the communications revolution. Employing a wide range of archival sources, Raboy crafts a highly readable story of a man who is at times heroic, at times a cad. He is unflinching in exposing the major role Marconi played in support of Mussolini's Fascist regime." --David Kertzer, author of The Pope and Mussolini, Winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Biography "Like the networked world that he imagined, Marconi was both complicated and elusive. Raboy's compelling and comprehensive biography places the inventor and entrepreneur at the origin of today's debates about communications, corporations, and capitalism." --W. Patrick McCray, Professor of History, University of California at Santa Barbara "An obvious labor of love, this is the definitive biography of Marconi. Elegantly written and exhaustively researched, Marconi is an extremely impressive and deeply nuanced exploration of the inventor, the man, and the ongoing importance of his legacy." --Susan J. Douglas, University of Michigan; author of Listening In: Radio and the American Imagination "Marc Raboy's book is by far the most comprehensive rendering of Marconi's life and times I have seen. Drawing on numerous and in some cases only recently available resources, Marconi's story is re-told in vivid terms and contemporary context." -Vint Cerf, Internet Pioneer "Rescuing his subject from hagiography, Marc Raboy gives us the first real account of Marconi's vital role as the wizard of wireless, industry developer, and consummate political insider. Raboy's impeccably researched biography will help guide histories of global media in the years ahead. A superb work of scholarship." -- Dwayne Winseck, School of Journalism and Communication, Carleton University "A comprehensive portrait of a complicated man, Raboy's meticulous, judicious work merits anchorage on science-history shelves."--Booklist, Starred Review "[Raboy ] is especially adroit at portraying how Marconi was swept up in the modern world he helped create... Marconi really hums when Raboy details how his subject was implicated in the social and political effects of wireless... Marconi, which functions as a cultural history as much as a biography, reminds us that in its earliest incarnations, wireless had a romance and mystique."--New York Times "[Raboy ] is especially adroit at portraying how Marconi was swept up in the modern world he helped create... Marconi really hums when Raboy details how his subject was implicated in the social and political effects of wireless... Marconi, which functions as a cultural history as much as a biography, reminds us that in its earliest incarnations, wireless had a romance and mystique."--New York Times "Mr. Raboy's book is a rock-solid, archivally based, professional work of history and surely one of the year's better biographies."--Paul Kennedy, Wall Street Journal "Professor Raboy is to be congratulated on producing this definitive biography that deserves a very wide readership." --David Harris, Radio User, "Finally, the comprehensive, rounded, readable and deeply researched biography of Marconi that so significant a figure of change deserves. It is an elegant, ambitious, and brilliant treatment of an elegant, ambitious, and brilliant figure." --Monroe E. Price, Director, Center for Global Communications Studies, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania "Marconi is a tour de force, revealing the fascinating history of one of the most influential figures in the history of modern technology and the communications revolution. Employing a wide range of archival sources, Raboy crafts a highly readable story of a man who is at times heroic, at times a cad. He is unflinching in exposing the major role Marconi played in support of Mussolini's Fascist regime." --David Kertzer, author of The Pope and Mussolini, Winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Biography "Like the networked world that he imagined, Marconi was both complicated and elusive. Raboy's compelling and comprehensive biography places the inventor and entrepreneur at the origin of today's debates about communications, corporations, and capitalism." --W. Patrick McCray, Professor of History, University of California at Santa Barbara "An obvious labor of love, this is the definitive biography of Marconi. Elegantly written and exhaustively researched, Marconi is an extremely impressive and deeply nuanced exploration of the inventor, the man, and the ongoing importance of his legacy." --Susan J. Douglas, University of Michigan; author of Listening In: Radio and the American Imagination "Marc Raboy's book is by far the most comprehensive rendering of Marconi's life and times I have seen. Drawing on numerous and in some cases only recently available resources, Marconi's story is re-told in vivid terms and contemporary context." -Vint Cerf, Internet Pioneer "Rescuing his subject from hagiography, Marc Raboy gives us the first real account of Marconi's vital role as the wizard of wireless, industry developer, and consummate political insider. Raboy's impeccably researched biography will help guide histories of global media in the years ahead. A superb work of scholarship." -- Dwayne Winseck, School of Journalism and Communication, Carleton University "A comprehensive portrait of a complicated man, Raboy's meticulous, judicious work merits anchorage on science-history shelves."--Booklist, Starred Review "Raboy superbly traces every twist and turn of Marconi's life, showing us his influences, business strategies and shrewd management of his own public persona. Raboy skilfully locates his activities in the context of communications policy, the arms race between Britain and Germany, and popular culture."--Nature "[Raboy ] is especially adroit at portraying how Marconi was swept up in the modern world he helped create... Marconi really hums when Raboy details how his subject was implicated in the social and political effects of wireless... Marconi, which functions as a cultural history as much as a biography, reminds us that in its earliest incarnations, wireless had a romance and mystique."--New York Times "Mr. Raboy's book is a rock-solid, archivally based, professional work of history and surely one of the year's better biographies."--Paul Kennedy, Wall Street Journal "Professor Raboy is to be congratulated on producing this definitive biography that deserves a very wide readership." --David Harris, Radio User, "Marc Raboy is an observant and sure-footed guide..."--Mary K. MacLeod, Metascience "[A]n informative, readable, and pleasurable account that will provide abundant insights into Marconi's life...[T]his book represents a remarkable, balanced contribution to the understanding of a seminal figure in the history of the modern world...Recommended."--CHOICE "Finally, the comprehensive, rounded, readable and deeply researched biography of Marconi that so significant a figure of change deserves. It is an elegant, ambitious, and brilliant treatment of an elegant, ambitious, and brilliant figure."--Monroe E. Price, Director, Center for Global Communications Studies, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania "Marconi is a tour de force, revealing the fascinating history of one of the most influential figures in the history of modern technology and the communications revolution. Employing a wide range of archival sources, Raboy crafts a highly readable story of a man who is at times heroic, at times a cad. He is unflinching in exposing the major role Marconi played in support of Mussolini's Fascist regime."--David Kertzer, author of The Pope and Mussolini, Winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Biography "Like the networked world that he imagined, Marconi was both complicated and elusive. Raboy's compelling and comprehensive biography places the inventor and entrepreneur at the origin of today's debates about communications, corporations, and capitalism."--W. Patrick McCray, Professor of History, University of California at Santa Barbara "An obvious labor of love, this is the definitive biography of Marconi. Elegantly written and exhaustively researched, Marconi is an extremely impressive and deeply nuanced exploration of the inventor, the man, and the ongoing importance of his legacy."--Susan J. Douglas, University of Michigan; author of Listening In: Radio and the American Imagination "Marc Raboy's book is by far the most comprehensive rendering of Marconi's life and times I have seen. Drawing on numerous and in some cases only recently available resources, Marconi's story is re-told in vivid terms and contemporary context."--Vint Cerf, Internet Pioneer "Rescuing his subject from hagiography, Marc Raboy gives us the first real account of Marconi's vital role as the wizard of wireless, industry developer, and consummate political insider. Raboy's impeccably researched biography will help guide histories of global media in the years ahead. A superb work of scholarship."--Dwayne Winseck, School of Journalism and Communication, Carleton University "A comprehensive portrait of a complicated man, Raboy's meticulous, judicious work merits anchorage on science-history shelves."--Booklist, Starred Review "[Raboy] is especially adroit at portraying how Marconi was swept up in the modern world he helped create...Marconi really hums when Raboy details how his subject was implicated in the social and political effects of wireless...Marconi, which functions as a cultural history as much as a biography, reminds us that in its earliest incarnations, wireless had a romance and mystique."--New York Times "Mr. Raboy's book is a rock-solid, archivally based, professional work of history and surely one of the year's better biographies."--Paul Kennedy, Wall Street Journal "Professor Raboy is to be congratulated on producing this definitive biography that deserves a very wide readership."--David Harris, Radio User, "Finally, the comprehensive, rounded, readable and deeply researched biography of Marconi that so significant a figure of change deserves. It is an elegant, ambitious, and brilliant treatment of an elegant, ambitious, and brilliant figure." --Monroe E. Price, Director, Center for Global Communications Studies, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania "Marconi is a tour de force, revealing the fascinating history of one of the most influential figures in the history of modern technology and the communications revolution. Employing a wide range of archival sources, Raboy crafts a highly readable story of a man who is at times heroic, at times a cad. He is unflinching in exposing the major role Marconi played in support of Mussolini's Fascist regime." --David Kertzer, author of The Pope and Mussolini, Winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Biography "Like the networked world that he imagined, Marconi was both complicated and elusive. Raboy's compelling and comprehensive biography places the inventor and entrepreneur at the origin of today's debates about communications, corporations, and capitalism." --W. Patrick McCray, Professor of History, University of California at Santa Barbara "An obvious labor of love, this is the definitive biography of Marconi. Elegantly written and exhaustively researched, Marconi is an extremely impressive and deeply nuanced exploration of the inventor, the man, and the ongoing importance of his legacy." --Susan J. Douglas, University of Michigan; author of Listening In: Radio and the American Imagination "Marc Raboy's book is by far the most comprehensive rendering of Marconi's life and times I have seen. Drawing on numerous and in some cases only recently available resources, Marconi's story is re-told in vivid terms and contemporary context." -Vint Cerf, Internet Pioneer "Rescuing his subject from hagiography, Marc Raboy gives us the first real account of Marconi's vital role as the wizard of wireless, industry developer, and consummate political insider. Raboy's impeccably researched biography will help guide histories of global media in the years ahead. A superb work of scholarship." -- Dwayne Winseck, School of Journalism and Communication, Carleton University "A comprehensive portrait of a complicated man, Raboy's meticulous, judicious work merits anchorage on science-history shelves."--Booklist, Starred Review "Raboy superbly traces every twist and turn of Marconi's life, showing us his influences, business strategies and shrewd management of his own public persona. Raboy skilfully locates his activities in the context of communications policy, the arms race between Britain and Germany, and popular culture."--Nature "[Raboy ] is especially adroit at portraying how Marconi was swept up in the modern world he helped create... Marconi really hums when Raboy details how his subject was implicated in the social and political effects of wireless... Marconi, which functions as a cultural history as much as a biography, reminds us that in its earliest incarnations, wireless had a romance and mystique."--New York Times, "Marc Raboy is an observant and sure-footed guide..."--Mary K. MacLeod, Metascience "[A]n informative, readable, and pleasurable account that will provide abundant insights into Marconi''s life...[T]his book represents a remarkable, balanced contribution to the understanding of a seminal figure in the history of the modern world...Recommended."--CHOICE "Finally, the comprehensive, rounded, readable and deeply researched biography of Marconi that so significant a figure of change deserves. It is an elegant, ambitious, and brilliant treatment of an elegant, ambitious, and brilliant figure."--Monroe E. Price, Director, Center for Global Communications Studies, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania "Marconi is a tour de force, revealing the fascinating history of one of the most influential figures in the history of modern technology and the communications revolution. Employing a wide range of archival sources, Raboy crafts a highly readable story of a man who is at times heroic, at times a cad. He is unflinching in exposing the major role Marconi played in support of Mussolini''s Fascist regime."--David Kertzer, author of The Pope and Mussolini, Winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Biography "Like the networked world that he imagined, Marconi was both complicated and elusive. Raboy''s compelling and comprehensive biography places the inventor and entrepreneur at the origin of today''s debates about communications, corporations, and capitalism."--W. Patrick McCray, Professor of History, University of California at Santa Barbara "An obvious labor of love, this is the definitive biography of Marconi. Elegantly written and exhaustively researched, Marconi is an extremely impressive and deeply nuanced exploration of the inventor, the man, and the ongoing importance of his legacy."--Susan J. Douglas, University of Michigan; author of Listening In: Radio and the American Imagination "Marc Raboy''s book is by far the most comprehensive rendering of Marconi''s life and times I have seen. Drawing on numerous and in some cases only recently available resources, Marconi''s story is re-told in vivid terms and contemporary context."--Vint Cerf, Internet Pioneer "Rescuing his subject from hagiography, Marc Raboy gives us the first real account of Marconi''s vital role as the wizard of wireless, industry developer, and consummate political insider. Raboy''s impeccably researched biography will help guide histories of global media in the years ahead. A superb work of scholarship."--Dwayne Winseck, School of Journalism and Communication, Carleton University "A comprehensive portrait of a complicated man, Raboy''s meticulous, judicious work merits anchorage on science-history shelves."--Booklist, Starred Review "[Raboy] is especially adroit at portraying how Marconi was swept up in the modern world he helped create...Marconi really hums when Raboy details how his subject was implicated in the social and political effects of wireless...Marconi, which functions as a cultural history as much as a biography, reminds us that in its earliest incarnations, wireless had a romance and mystique."--New York Times "[Raboy ] is especially adroit at portraying how Marconi was swept up in the modern world he helped create...Marconi really hums when Raboy details how his subject was implicated in the social and political effects of wireless...Marconi, which functions as a cultural history as much as a biography, reminds us that in its earliest incarnations, wireless had a romance and mystique."--New York Times "Mr. Raboy''s book is a rock-solid, archivally based, professional work of history and surely one of the year''s better biographies."--Paul Kennedy, Wall Street Journal "Professor Raboy is to be congratulated on producing this definitive biography that deserves a very wide readership."--David Harris, Radio User, 2017 RBC Taylor Prize Finalist "[A]n informative, readable, and pleasurable account that will provide abundant insights into Marconi's life [T]his book represents a remarkable, balanced contribution to the understanding of a seminal figure in the history of the modern world Recommended."--CHOICE "Finally, the comprehensive, rounded, readable and deeply researched biography of Marconi that so significant a figure of change deserves. It is an elegant, ambitious, and brilliant treatment of an elegant, ambitious, and brilliant figure." --Monroe E. Price, Director, Center for Global Communications Studies, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania "Marconi is a tour de force, revealing the fascinating history of one of the most influential figures in the history of modern technology and the communications revolution. Employing a wide range of archival sources, Raboy crafts a highly readable story of a man who is at times heroic, at times a cad. He is unflinching in exposing the major role Marconi played in support of Mussolini's Fascist regime." --David Kertzer, author of The Pope and Mussolini, Winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Biography "Like the networked world that he imagined, Marconi was both complicated and elusive. Raboy's compelling and comprehensive biography places the inventor and entrepreneur at the origin of today's debates about communications, corporations, and capitalism." --W. Patrick McCray, Professor of History, University of California at Santa Barbara "An obvious labor of love, this is the definitive biography of Marconi. Elegantly written and exhaustively researched, Marconi is an extremely impressive and deeply nuanced exploration of the inventor, the man, and the ongoing importance of his legacy." --Susan J. Douglas, University of Michigan; author of Listening In: Radio and the American Imagination "Marc Raboy's book is by far the most comprehensive rendering of Marconi's life and times I have seen. Drawing on numerous and in some cases only recently available resources, Marconi's story is re-told in vivid terms and contemporary context." -Vint Cerf, Internet Pioneer "Rescuing his subject from hagiography, Marc Raboy gives us the first real account of Marconi's vital role as the wizard of wireless, industry developer, and consummate political insider. Raboy's impeccably researched biography will help guide histories of global media in the years ahead. A superb work of scholarship." -- Dwayne Winseck, School of Journalism and Communication, Carleton University "A comprehensive portrait of a complicated man, Raboy's meticulous, judicious work merits anchorage on science-history shelves."--Booklist, Starred Review "[Raboy ] is especially adroit at portraying how Marconi was swept up in the modern world he helped create... Marconi really hums when Raboy details how his subject was implicated in the social and political effects of wireless... Marconi, which functions as a cultural history as much as a biography, reminds us that in its earliest incarnations, wireless had a romance and mystique."--New York Times "[Raboy ] is especially adroit at portraying how Marconi was swept up in the modern world he helped create... Marconi really hums when Raboy details how his subject was implicated in the social and political effects of wireless... Marconi, which functions as a cultural history as much as a biography, reminds us that in its earliest incarnations, wireless had a romance and mystique."--New York Times "Mr. Raboy's book is a rock-solid, archivally based, professional work of history and surely one of the year's better biographies."--Paul Kennedy, Wall Street Journal "Professor Raboy is to be congratulated on producing this definitive biography that deserves a very wide readership." --David Harris, Radio User, "Finally, the comprehensive, rounded, readable and deeply researched biography of Marconi that so significant a figure of change deserves. It is an elegant, ambitious, and brilliant treatment of an elegant, ambitious, and brilliant figure." --Monroe E. Price, Director, Center for Global Communications Studies, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania "Marconi is a tour de force, revealing the fascinating history of one of the most influential figures in the history of modern technology and the communications revolution. Employing a wide range of archival sources, Raboy crafts a highly readable story of a man who is at times heroic, at times a cad. He is unflinching in exposing the major role Marconi played in support of Mussolini's Fascist regime." --David Kertzer, author of The Pope and Mussolini, Winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Biography "Like the networked world that he imagined, Marconi was both complicated and elusive. Raboy's compelling and comprehensive biography places the inventor and entrepreneur at the origin of today's debates about communications, corporations, and capitalism." --W. Patrick McCray, Professor of History, University of California at Santa Barbara "An obvious labor of love, this is the definitive biography of Marconi. Elegantly written and exhaustively researched, Marconi is an extremely impressive and deeply nuanced exploration of the inventor, the man, and the ongoing importance of his legacy." --Susan J. Douglas, University of Michigan; author of Listening In: Radio and the American Imagination "Marc Raboy's book is by far the most comprehensive rendering of Marconi's life and times I have seen. Drawing on numerous and in some cases only recently available resources, Marconi's story is re-told in vivid terms and contemporary context." -Vint Cerf, Internet Pioneer "Rescuing his subject from hagiography, Marc Raboy gives us the first real account of Marconi's vital role as the wizard of wireless, industry developer, and consummate political insider. Raboy's impeccably researched biography will help guide histories of global media in the years ahead. A superb work of scholarship." -- Dwayne Winseck, School of Journalism and Communication, Carleton University, 2017 RBC Taylor Prize Finalist "Marc Raboy is an observant and sure-footed guide..."--Mary K. MacLeod, Metascience "[A]n informative, readable, and pleasurable account that will provide abundant insights into Marconi''s life...[T]his book represents a remarkable, balanced contribution to the understanding of a seminal figure in the history of the modern world...Recommended."--CHOICE "Finally, the comprehensive, rounded, readable and deeply researched biography of Marconi that so significant a figure of change deserves. It is an elegant, ambitious, and brilliant treatment of an elegant, ambitious, and brilliant figure." --Monroe E. Price, Director, Center for Global Communications Studies, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania "Marconi is a tour de force, revealing the fascinating history of one of the most influential figures in the history of modern technology and the communications revolution. Employing a wide range of archival sources, Raboy crafts a highly readable story of a man who is at times heroic, at times a cad. He is unflinching in exposing the major role Marconi played in support of Mussolini''s Fascist regime." --David Kertzer, author of The Pope and Mussolini, Winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Biography "Like the networked world that he imagined, Marconi was both complicated and elusive. Raboy''s compelling and comprehensive biography places the inventor and entrepreneur at the origin of today''s debates about communications, corporations, and capitalism." --W. Patrick McCray, Professor of History, University of California at Santa Barbara "An obvious labor of love, this is the definitive biography of Marconi. Elegantly written and exhaustively researched, Marconi is an extremely impressive and deeply nuanced exploration of the inventor, the man, and the ongoing importance of his legacy." --Susan J. Douglas, University of Michigan; author of Listening In: Radio and the American Imagination "Marc Raboy''s book is by far the most comprehensive rendering of Marconi''s life and times I have seen. Drawing on numerous and in some cases only recently available resources, Marconi''s story is re-told in vivid terms and contemporary context." -Vint Cerf, Internet Pioneer "Rescuing his subject from hagiography, Marc Raboy gives us the first real account of Marconi''s vital role as the wizard of wireless, industry developer, and consummate political insider. Raboy''s impeccably researched biography will help guide histories of global media in the years ahead. A superb work of scholarship." -- Dwayne Winseck, School of Journalism and Communication, Carleton University "A comprehensive portrait of a complicated man, Raboy''s meticulous, judicious work merits anchorage on science-history shelves."--Booklist, Starred Review "[Raboy ] is especially adroit at portraying how Marconi was swept up in the modern world he helped create... Marconi really hums when Raboy details how his subject was implicated in the social and political effects of wireless... Marconi, which functions as a cultural history as much as a biography, reminds us that in its earliest incarnations, wireless had a romance and mystique."--New York Times "[Raboy ] is especially adroit at portraying how Marconi was swept up in the modern world he helped create... Marconi really hums when Raboy details how his subject was implicated in the social and political effects of wireless... Marconi, which functions as a cultural history as much as a biography, reminds us that in its earliest incarnations, wireless had a romance and mystique."--New York Times "Mr. Raboy''s book is a rock-solid, archivally based, professional work of history and surely one of the year''s better biographies."--Paul Kennedy, Wall Street Journal "Professor Raboy is to be congratulated on producing this definitive biography that deserves a very wide readership." --David Harris, Radio User, "Marc Raboy is an observant and sure-footed guide..."--Mary K. MacLeod, Metascience"[A]n informative, readable, and pleasurable account that will provide abundant insights into Marconi's life...[T]his book represents a remarkable, balanced contribution to the understanding of a seminal figure in the history of the modern world...Recommended."--CHOICE"Finally, the comprehensive, rounded, readable and deeply researched biography of Marconi that so significant a figure of change deserves. It is an elegant, ambitious, and brilliant treatment of an elegant, ambitious, and brilliant figure."--Monroe E. Price, Director, Center for Global Communications Studies, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania"Marconi is a tour de force, revealing the fascinating history of one of the most influential figures in the history of modern technology and the communications revolution. Employing a wide range of archival sources, Raboy crafts a highly readable story of a man who is at times heroic, at times a cad. He is unflinching in exposing the major role Marconi played in support of Mussolini's Fascist regime."--David Kertzer, author of The Pope andMussolini, Winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Biography"Like the networked world that he imagined, Marconi was both complicated and elusive. Raboy's compelling and comprehensive biography places the inventor and entrepreneur at the origin of today's debates about communications, corporations, and capitalism."--W. Patrick McCray, Professor of History, University of California at Santa Barbara"An obvious labor of love, this is the definitive biography of Marconi. Elegantly written and exhaustively researched, Marconi is an extremely impressive and deeply nuanced exploration of the inventor, the man, and the ongoing importance of his legacy."--Susan J. Douglas, University of Michigan; author of Listening In: Radio and the American Imagination"Marc Raboy's book is by far the most comprehensive rendering of Marconi's life and times I have seen. Drawing on numerous and in some cases only recently available resources, Marconi's story is re-told in vivid terms and contemporary context."--Vint Cerf, Internet Pioneer"Rescuing his subject from hagiography, Marc Raboy gives us the first real account of Marconi's vital role as the wizard of wireless, industry developer, and consummate political insider. Raboy's impeccably researched biography will help guide histories of global media in the years ahead. A superb work of scholarship."--Dwayne Winseck, School of Journalism and Communication, Carleton University"A comprehensive portrait of a complicated man, Raboy's meticulous, judicious work merits anchorage on science-history shelves."--Booklist, Starred Review"[Raboy] is especially adroit at portraying how Marconi was swept up in the modern world he helped create...Marconi really hums when Raboy details how his subject was implicated in the social and political effects of wireless...Marconi, which functions as a cultural history as much as a biography, reminds us that in its earliest incarnations, wireless had a romance and mystique."--New York Times"[Raboy ] is especially adroit at portraying how Marconi was swept up in the modern world he helped create...Marconi really hums when Raboy details how his subject was implicated in the social and political effects of wireless...Marconi, which functions as a cultural history as much as a biography, reminds us that in its earliest incarnations, wireless had a romance and mystique."--New York Times"Mr. Raboy's book is a rock-solid, archivally based, professional work of history and surely one of the year's better biographies."--Paul Kennedy, Wall Street Journal"Professor Raboy is to be congratulated on producing this definitive biography that deserves a very wide readership."--David Harris, Radio User, "Marc Raboy is an observant and sure-footed guide..."--Mary K. MacLeod, Metascience 2017 RBC Taylor Prize Finalist "[A]n informative, readable, and pleasurable account that will provide abundant insights into Marconi''s life...[T]his book represents a remarkable, balanced contribution to the understanding of a seminal figure in the history of the modern world...Recommended."--CHOICE "Finally, the comprehensive, rounded, readable and deeply researched biography of Marconi that so significant a figure of change deserves. It is an elegant, ambitious, and brilliant treatment of an elegant, ambitious, and brilliant figure." --Monroe E. Price, Director, Center for Global Communications Studies, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania "Marconi is a tour de force, revealing the fascinating history of one of the most influential figures in the history of modern technology and the communications revolution. Employing a wide range of archival sources, Raboy crafts a highly readable story of a man who is at times heroic, at times a cad. He is unflinching in exposing the major role Marconi played in support of Mussolini''s Fascist regime." --David Kertzer, author of The Pope and Mussolini, Winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Biography "Like the networked world that he imagined, Marconi was both complicated and elusive. Raboy''s compelling and comprehensive biography places the inventor and entrepreneur at the origin of today''s debates about communications, corporations, and capitalism." --W. Patrick McCray, Professor of History, University of California at Santa Barbara "An obvious labor of love, this is the definitive biography of Marconi. Elegantly written and exhaustively researched, Marconi is an extremely impressive and deeply nuanced exploration of the inventor, the man, and the ongoing importance of his legacy." --Susan J. Douglas, University of Michigan; author of Listening In: Radio and the American Imagination "Marc Raboy''s book is by far the most comprehensive rendering of Marconi''s life and times I have seen. Drawing on numerous and in some cases only recently available resources, Marconi''s story is re-told in vivid terms and contemporary context." -Vint Cerf, Internet Pioneer "Rescuing his subject from hagiography, Marc Raboy gives us the first real account of Marconi''s vital role as the wizard of wireless, industry developer, and consummate political insider. Raboy''s impeccably researched biography will help guide histories of global media in the years ahead. A superb work of scholarship." -- Dwayne Winseck, School of Journalism and Communication, Carleton University "A comprehensive portrait of a complicated man, Raboy''s meticulous, judicious work merits anchorage on science-history shelves."--Booklist, Starred Review "[Raboy ] is especially adroit at portraying how Marconi was swept up in the modern world he helped create... Marconi really hums when Raboy details how his subject was implicated in the social and political effects of wireless... Marconi, which functions as a cultural history as much as a biography, reminds us that in its earliest incarnations, wireless had a romance and mystique."--New York Times "[Raboy ] is especially adroit at portraying how Marconi was swept up in the modern world he helped create... Marconi really hums when Raboy details how his subject was implicated in the social and political effects of wireless... Marconi, which functions as a cultural history as much as a biography, reminds us that in its earliest incarnations, wireless had a romance and mystique."--New York Times "Mr. Raboy''s book is a rock-solid, archivally based, professional work of history and surely one of the year''s better biographies."--Paul Kennedy, Wall Street Journal "Professor Raboy is to be congratulated on producing this definitive biography that deserves a very wide readership." --David Harris, Radio User, "Finally, the comprehensive, rounded, readable and deeply researched biography of Marconi that so significant a figure of change deserves. It is an elegant, ambitious, and brilliant treatment of an elegant, ambitious, and brilliant figure." --Monroe E. Price, Director, Center for Global Communications Studies, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania "Marconi is a tour de force, revealing the fascinating history of one of the most influential figures in the history of modern technology and the communications revolution. Employing a wide range of archival sources, Raboy crafts a highly readable story of a man who is at times heroic, at times a cad. He is unflinching in exposing the major role Marconi played in support of Mussolini's Fascist regime." --David Kertzer, author of The Pope and Mussolini, Winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Biography "Like the networked world that he imagined, Marconi was both complicated and elusive. Raboy's compelling and comprehensive biography places the inventor and entrepreneur at the origin of today's debates about communications, corporations, and capitalism." --W. Patrick McCray, Professor of History, University of California at Santa Barbara "An obvious labor of love, this is the definitive biography of Marconi. Elegantly written and exhaustively researched, Marconi is an extremely impressive and deeply nuanced exploration of the inventor, the man, and the ongoing importance of his legacy." --Susan J. Douglas, University of Michigan; author of Listening In: Radio and the American Imagination "Marc Raboy's book is by far the most comprehensive rendering of Marconi's life and times I have seen. Drawing on numerous and in some cases only recently available resources, Marconi's story is re-told in vivid terms and contemporary context." -Vint Cerf, Internet Pioneer "Rescuing his subject from hagiography, Marc Raboy gives us the first real account of Marconi's vital role as the wizard of wireless, industry developer, and consummate political insider. Raboy's impeccably researched biography will help guide histories of global media in the years ahead. A superb work of scholarship." -- Dwayne Winseck, School of Journalism and Communication, Carleton University "A comprehensive portrait of a complicated man, Raboy's meticulous, judicious work merits anchorage on science-history shelves."--Booklist, Starred Review "Raboy superbly traces every twist and turn of Marconi's life, showing us his influences, business strategies and shrewd management of his own public persona. Raboy skilfully locates his activities in the context of communications policy, the arms race between Britain and Germany, and popular culture."--Nature "[Raboy ] is especially adroit at portraying how Marconi was swept up in the modern world he helped create... Marconi really hums when Raboy details how his subject was implicated in the social and political effects of wireless... Marconi, which functions as a cultural history as much as a biography, reminds us that in its earliest incarnations, wireless had a romance and mystique."--New York Times "Mr. Raboy's book is a rock-solid, archivally based, professional work of history and surely one of the year's better biographies."--Paul Kennedy, Wall Street Journal, "Finally, the comprehensive, rounded, readable and deeply researched biography of Marconi that so significant a figure of change deserves. It is an elegant, ambitious, and brilliant treatment of an elegant, ambitious, and brilliant figure." -- Monroe E. Price, Director, Center for Global Communications Studies, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania "Marconi is a tour de force, revealing the fascinating history of one of the most influential figures in the history of modern technology and the communications revolution. Employing a wide range of archival sources, Raboy crafts a highly readable story of a man who is at times heroic, at times a cad. He is unflinching in exposing the major role Marconi played in support of Mussolini's Fascist regime." -David Kretzer, author of The Pope and Mussolini, Winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Biography "Like the networked world that he imagined, Marconi was both complicated and elusive. Raboy's compelling and comprehensive biography places the inventor and entrepreneur at the origin of today's debates about communications, corporations, and capitalism."-- W. Patrick McCray, Professor of History, University of California at Santa Barbara "An obvious labor of love, this is the definitive biography of Marconi. Elegantly written and exhaustively researched, Marconi is an extremely impressive and deeply nuanced exploration of the inventor, the man, and the ongoing importance of his legacy." -- Susan J. Douglas, University of Michigan; author of Listening In: Radio and the American Imagination "Marc Raboy's book is by far the most comprehensive rendering of Marconi's life and times I have seen. Drawing on numerous and in some cases only recently available resources, Marconi's story is re-told in vivid terms and contemporary context." -Vint Cerf, Internet Pioneer "Rescuing his subject from hagiography, Marc Raboy gives us the first real account of Marconi's vital role as the wizard of wireless, industry developer, and consummate political insider. Raboy's impeccably researched biography will help guide histories of global media in the years ahead. A superb work of scholarship." -- Dwayne Winseck, School of Journalism and Communication, Carleton University, "Finally, the comprehensive, rounded, readable and deeply researched biography of Marconi that so significant a figure of change deserves. It is an elegant, ambitious, and brilliant treatment of an elegant, ambitious, and brilliant figure." --Monroe E. Price, Director, Center for Global Communications Studies, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania "Marconi is a tour de force, revealing the fascinating history of one of the most influential figures in the history of modern technology and the communications revolution. Employing a wide range of archival sources, Raboy crafts a highly readable story of a man who is at times heroic, at times a cad. He is unflinching in exposing the major role Marconi played in support of Mussolini's Fascist regime." --David Kertzer, author of The Pope and Mussolini, Winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Biography "Like the networked world that he imagined, Marconi was both complicated and elusive. Raboy's compelling and comprehensive biography places the inventor and entrepreneur at the origin of today's debates about communications, corporations, and capitalism." --W. Patrick McCray, Professor of History, University of California at Santa Barbara "An obvious labor of love, this is the definitive biography of Marconi. Elegantly written and exhaustively researched, Marconi is an extremely impressive and deeply nuanced exploration of the inventor, the man, and the ongoing importance of his legacy." --Susan J. Douglas, University of Michigan; author of Listening In: Radio and the American Imagination "Marc Raboy's book is by far the most comprehensive rendering of Marconi's life and times I have seen. Drawing on numerous and in some cases only recently available resources, Marconi's story is re-told in vivid terms and contemporary context." -Vint Cerf, Internet Pioneer "Rescuing his subject from hagiography, Marc Raboy gives us the first real account of Marconi's vital role as the wizard of wireless, industry developer, and consummate political insider. Raboy's impeccably researched biography will help guide histories of global media in the years ahead. A superb work of scholarship." -- Dwayne Winseck, School of Journalism and Communication, Carleton University "A comprehensive portrait of a complicated man, Raboy's meticulous, judicious work merits anchorage on science-history shelves."--Booklist, Starred Review "Raboy superbly traces every twist and turn of Marconi's life, showing us his influences, business strategies and shrewd management of his own public persona. Raboy skilfully locates his activities in the context of communications policy, the arms race between Britain and Germany, and popular culture."--Nature

Dewey Edition23

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal621.384092 B

Table Of ContentPrologue: Marconi in His Time and Ours PART I The Prodigy Chapter 1: Bologna: Beginnings Chapter 2: Priority and Detractors Chapter 3: London: Start-up Chapter 4: The Magician Chapter 5: New York: New Frontiers Chapter 6: Love and Imperialism Chapter 7: The Upstart Technology Chapter 8: "The Great Thing" Chapter 9: Newfoundland: The World Shrinks PART II The Player Chapter 10: Corralling the Brand Chapter 11: Regulation Chapter 12: Marriage Chapter 13: A Life in Litigation Chapter 14: The Marconi Aura Chapter 15: A New World Order Chapter 16: On the Way to Somewhere Chapter 17: The Perfect Laureate PART III The Pat Riot Chapter 18: The Godsend Chapter 19: Signals of War Chapter 20: Wireless and Disaster Chapter 21: "The Marconi Scandal" Chapter 22: The Invisible Weapon Chapter 23: "L'eroe magico" Chapter 24: The Statesman Chapter 25: The Spark PART IV The Outsider Chapter 26: The Master of the House Chapter 27: The Beam Indenture Chapter 28: Radio Chapter 29: The Merger Chapter 30: The Anchor PART V The Conformist Chapter 31: A Servant of the Regime Chapter 32: Science and Fascism Chapter 33: "Your Every Wish Is My Command" Chapter 34: Controlling His Legacy Chapter 35: The Heritage Chapter 36: He Only Cared About Wireless . . . Postscript Acknowledgements Sources and Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index

SynopsisA biography that traces the origins and emergence of global communication through the life and career of Guglielmo Marconi, inventor of the radio., Nominated for the 2016 Governor General's Literary Award in Non-fiction.Longlisted for the 2017 BC National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction.Behind so much of what we take for granted in the world of instantaneous communication towers Guglielmo Marconi. Thanks to his wireless system, which came into full use about a century ago, the cables that had constrained communication, slowing the exchange of news and information, disappeared. News and information could be transmitted almost everywhere, instantaneously. Ships could communicate with other ships (which saved at least some of the passengers on the RMS Titanic), financial markets could coordinate with other financial markets, and military commanders could maintain contact with front-line troops. Through a combination of skill, luck, vision, and timing, Marconi popularized-and, more critically, patented-a radio system that profoundly and irrevocably changed the way the world communicated. As Marc Raboy shows in this engrossing and encyclopedic work, Marconi very early envisaged a world of seamless communication and then set out to create it. Born to an Italian father and an Irish mother, Marconi was in many ways stateless. After a demonstration of his wireless apparatus using "Hertzian waves," as radio waves were called, in London at the age of 22 in 1896, he established his Wireless Telegraph and Signal Co. Between that moment and his death in 1937, Marconi was at the heart of every major innovation in electronic communication, including radio transmission, and was courted by powerful scientific, political, and financial interests. 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. Based on original research and unpublished archival materials in four countries, Raboy's biography offers the entirety of Marconi's story, from his early days in Italy, to his groundbreaking experiments in transatlantic communication, to his role as a diplomatic go-between. Raboy also explores Marconi's relationships with his wives, lovers, mistresses and children, and examines in detail the last ten years of the inventor's life, when he returned to Italy and became a leading pillar of Benito Mussolini's fascist regime. Comprehensive, authoritative, and compelling, Marconi reveals the origins of our networked world and the man who first realized it., 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., 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 R.M.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 with a demonstration of his wireless apparatus in London at the age of 22 in 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, and trailed by the media, which recorded and published nearly every one of his utterances. 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 relationships 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.

LC Classification NumberTK5739.M3R33 2016