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About the beginnings of wireless

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 April 2011

Fred E. Gardiol
Fred E. Gardiol*
Affiliation:
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Chemin des Graminées 11, CH 1009 Pully, Switzerland.
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Corresponding author: F. E. Gardiol Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

Many scientists and engineers contributed – more or less successfully – to the development of radio and wireless. This historical survey describes briefly the projects realized more than a century ago by some of them, at the early beginnings of wireless. It is hoped, in this manner, to draw attention to the unknown or forgotten researchers who built up the considerable body of knowledge that led to Marconi's remarkable achievements.

Keywords

electromagnetismwirelessradiohistory of scienceearly developments
Type
Tutorial and Review Paper
Information
International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies , Volume 3 , Issue 4 , August 2011 , pp. 391 - 398
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press and the European Microwave Association 2011

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