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Guglielmo Marconi: radio star

30 Nov 2001

A lack of formal education, high-powered family connections and an unstoppable will to succeed helped Guglielmo Marconi to transmit the first radio signal across the Atlantic and launch the wireless-communications industry

Mother’s boy: Just six years old but far from camera shy, Guglielmo stands by Annie Marconi at

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Roger Bridgman writes on science and technology from the UK. He was formerly curator of communications at the Science Museum, London
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