Marconi and Tesla: Pioneers of Radio Communication

by Tim O'Shei

Book Overview

Marconi and Tesla worked separately to devise wireless radio technology that would reach around the world. Author Tim O'Shei vividly tells the stories of these two very different men, from their early childhood days to groundbreaking discoveries and innovations. Their inventions included wireless communication equipment, including Marconi's equipment on the Titanic that was used to alert another ship to the disaster, the Tesla coil (transformer) used...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 159845076X
• ISBN13: 9781598450767
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Enslow Publishing
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.8" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 10 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 8