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Marconi Tunes in Comms Pioneers
2015-06-13 14:26:52| Semiconductors - Topix.net
Gioia Marconi Braga, daughter of Guglielmo Marconi, the inventor of radio, wanted to honor her father, so she raised an endowment for the annual Marconi Prize. Like the Nobel Prize, it is given to a living scientist, but since no Nobel Prize specifically recognizes achievements in the field of telecommunications and the Internet, she wanted it to become that field's pinnacle honor.
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