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PrintCollection Name: Drachen Foundation Collection
Collection Number: 2438
Post Type: Book
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Artist or Author: Degna Marconi
Creation Year: 1962
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ISBN: 1-55071-044-3 Language: English Description: "Guglielmo Marconi was a boy genius who was unable to gain admittance to university. Instead he set up a laboratory in the attic of his father's house and unravelled one of the great mysteries of the universe. The result was the invention of wireless communication - the radio. At first only a few feet Separated the transmitter from the receiver. In the days that followed he carried his experiments into the garden, out to the fields, and behind a hill. Often disparaged by the Scientific community of the day he persisted spanning the Atlantic, circling the world. At Signal Hill in Newfoundland, in 1901, he picked up the first transatlantic communication: the three dots representing the letter S in Morse. The next year, from Table Head near Glace Bay in Nova Scotia, he transmitted the first message across the ocean by wireless. More than any other man, Marconi made the twentieth century possible.
In My Father, Marconi his daughter, Degna, recounts his scientific achievements. More important, she lives an intimate portrait of his turbulent personal life. The single-minded dedication that changed the world played havoc with the lives of those around him. His marriage ended in divorce, followed by an annulment from the Roman Catholic Church. His children became outcasts in their native Italy, totally estranged from their father and disinherited by him. The result could have been bitterness. However, as this book reveals, there was forgiveness, warmth and understanding. Degna Marconi draws a touching and poignant account of her father. Her writing reflects her Edwardian childhood and her Italian heritage. The result is a charming portrait of the man whose name became a household word.
Degna Marconi, the first daughter of Guglielmo Marconi, was born in London, thirteen years after her father's momentous invention of wireless. Married to the late Dr. Gabrielle Paresce, she lived in Washington from 1949 to 1960, and from there moved to Korea where her husband became the Italian Ambassador. Her son, Francesco, is an astronomer engaged in research in the United States. Degna Marconi now makes her home in Rome."
258 pages
Materials: Paper
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