As a boy, Marconi loved science and invention. Born in 1874 in Bologna, Italy, to a wealthy family, Marconi grew up surrounded by books in his father’s library. He was fascinated with radio waves and learned Morse code, the language of the telegraph. A retired telegraph operator taught him how to tap messages on the telegraph machine. At the age of twenty, Marconi realized that no one had invented a wireless telegraph. Determined to find a way to use radio waves to send wireless messages, Marconi found his calling. And, thanks to his persistence, on December 12, 1901, for the first time ever, a wireless signal traveled between two continents.
- ISBN: 9781770493780
- Author: Kulling, Monica
- Illustrator: Rudnicki, Richard
- Published: 2013 , Tundra Books
- Themes: Inventors and inventions, science, technology, Travel
- Descriptors: Biography - Autobiography- Memoir, Italy, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)
- No. of pages: 32