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Marconi: The Man Who Networked the World

Marc Raboy

Marc Raboy gives us the first real account of Marconi's vital role as the wizard of wireless, industry developer, and consummate political insider. Raboy's impeccably researched biography will help guide histories of global media in the years ahead.

BiographyBiography · high confidenceBiography81 signalsLlm Classifier: Biography -> BiographyOpen Library: Biography -> BiographyOpen Library: Engineers, biography -> BiographyEssays & Cultural CriticismMedia, Journalism & Public Opinion

Award History

0 wins · 2 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Governor General's Literary Awards: English-language Non-fictionMajor2016FinalistSecondary source
PROSE Award for Biography and Autobiography2017Honorable mentionOfficial source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    • Marconi90%

  2. 02 Central places

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    Marconi played a vital role as a wireless industry developer and political insider, as portrayed through an impeccably researched biography guiding future histories of global media.

    Model confidence 60%

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    70 / 100 academic

    Academic

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 70%.