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...
...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...
