Guglielmo Marconi was an Italian inventor, entrepreneur and politician.
He was called "The Genius'' in Bologna, as he was able to use the ether and electromagnetic fields to communicate, and most of the technology we use today comes from his inventions and experiments. His mother's unconditional support enabled the young scientist to continue his experiments until he was able to transmit radiotelegraphic signals at ever greater distances, despite the presence of natural obstacles. He completed his studies in Bologna, Florence and Livorno. Marconi began his experiments based on the main properties of electromagnetic waves popularized by Maxwell and Hertz. The first radiotelegraph station was built in 1895 when, by transmitting electrical radiation at a distance of 5,000 km, he discovered that the transmitted oscillations could be detected by overcoming even natural obstacles. In 1896 he moved to England and obtained a patent for his invention of the telegraph system. Following the success of his inventions, the Marconi Company was founded in 1900, demonstrating the possibility of transmitting waves across continents by overcoming the obstacle of the Earth's curvature, thanks to the presence of the ionosphere, which acting as a mirror reflects electromagnetic waves. His invention of the radio won him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1909.