Whose invention is the radio?
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The invention of radio is usually credited to Guglielmo Marconi, who developed practical wireless telegraphy in the 1890s. His work led to the first long-distance wireless transmissions.
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Guglielmo Marconi was an Italian inventor whose experiments in wireless telegraphy in the 1890s made radio communication practical. In 1901, he famously sent a signal across the Atlantic, from England to Newfoundland. While several scientists contributed to wireless technology, Marconi built the first commercially successful system. His work laid the groundwork for modern radio broadcasting and wireless communications. He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1909.
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