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Technology: Revolutionary of radio

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W. Bernard Carlson hails a life of driven communications pioneer Guglielmo Marconi.

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  1. W. Bernard Carlson is the Joseph L. Vaughan Professor of Humanities at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville and author of Tesla.,

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