Contents

Science or Magic?1
Luigi’s Dancing Frogs5
Faraday’s Force Fields18
James Clerk Maxwell: Mind over Matter32
The Wave Makers45
The Wired Foundation: Morse and Bell61
Marconi’s Thunder83
Continuous Waves99
Diodes and Triodes112
The Father of Broadcasting130
Going Mobile149
Birth of the Cell Phone169
Digital Airways186
Wireless: the Next Generation208
Lessons in Creativity and Technology Development222
Glossary229
Bibliography245