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Inventors Imperfect

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

In the last of the series, Adam Hart-Davis uncovers the life and inventions of an unacknowledged pioneer of science.
Making Radio Waves. Hart-Davis helps Radio 4 newsreader Patrick Muirhead uncoverthe role played by Patrick's great uncle Alexander in the invention of wireless telegraphy in 1894, well over a year before Marconi unveiled his system. Producer Mary Ward-Lowery

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Adam Hart-Davis
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Patrick Muirhead
Producer:
Mary Ward-Lowery
Source: Radio Times

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