: New: Book Report: Thunderstruck

It's two intertwined biographies. One is a biography of Marconi, inventor of the wireless telegraph. One is a true-crime biography of a fugitive who was caught due to the wireless telegraph.

The Marconi parts were interesting, especially the parts with Nevil Maskelyne. They had electronics, the black magic of antenna design, and Morse code.

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