Book Review: Popov and the Beginning of Radiotelegraphy

T h e p r i n c i p a l actors i n this d r a m a and h i g h d r a m a i t is are Gug l i e lmo M a r c o n i and Aleksandr Stepanovich Popov; b u t they share the stage w i t h a ver i table host o f m i n o r players. Professor Susskind handles his case w i t h scrupulous fairness and considerable forensic sk i l l , a n d he comes d o w n fa i r ly and squarely i n favour o f M a r c o n i . Perhaps he does too w e l l , because one finishes the book w i t h a vague feeling tha t perhaps i t need never have been w r i t t e n .