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THE author gives a good and temperate account of the life-work of one of the world's greatest inventors. One of the early pioneers of radio attributed Marconi's success chiefly to his instinctive intuition as to what was wanted and the best way of getting the solution. It must not be forgotten that he had a company with plenty of capital behind him and that its success or failure depended upon the rapid development of radio in the early days. With this money behind him he had the courage to launch out on great experiments. The fact also that the organization was called the Marconi Company added greatly to his prestige and always kept his name prominently before the world. When 'Cables obtained control of Wireless' in England, and the Marconi Company became practically a manufacturing organization, the most interesting period of its life had passed.
Marconi:
the Man and his Wireless. By Orrin E. Dunlap, Jr.. Pp. xxii + 360 + 16 plates. (New York: The Macmillan Co., 1937.) 16s. net.
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Marconi. Nature 140, 260 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/140260c0
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