For my dad, the ham radio enthusiast, and the
childhood kitchen-table memories of listening
to astronauts’ transmissions from space
with him. CQ.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Hamen, Susan E., author.
Title: Who invented the radio? : Tesla vs. Marconi / Susan E. Hamen.
Description: Minneapolis : Lerner Publications, 2018. | Series: STEM smackdown |
Includes bibliographical references and index. | Audience: Ages 8–12. | Audience:
Grades 4 to 6.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017022029 (print) | LCCN 2017024191 (ebook) | ISBN 9781512483277
(eb pdf) | ISBN 9781512483208 (lb : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781541512092 (pb : alk.
paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Radio—History—Juvenile literature. | Tesla, Nikola, 1856–1943—
Juvenile literature. | Marconi, Guglielmo, 1874–1937—Juvenile literature. |
Inventions—Juvenile literature.
Classification: LCC TK6550.7 (ebook) | LCC TK6550.7 .H36 2018 (print) |
DDC 621.384092/2—dc23
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