On March 16, 1859, the #Russian physicist and inventor known as the creator of radio, Alexander Popov, was born The system of a receiver and transmitter that could send short and long radio signals — essentially the dots and dashes of Morse cod...
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...e — was demonstrated by the inventor on May 7, 1895. This is the day we celebrate Radio Day. Debates about who invented the radio first – Popov or Marconi – continue to this day. I wrote about it here. At the beginning of his journey, the son of a priest followed a familiar path and entered a theological school, a theological seminary. However, at the age of 18, he abruptly changed direction and enrolled in the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics at St. Petersburg University, which dramatic...
...ally changed his life.