Radio History---From 500BC to 1900

Did you ever wonder how radio communication came into being? Almost everyone knows about Marconi. But what went on before him? And where did he get his ideas? How did it all begin?

As with all things in nature, magnetism and electricity existed from the beginning. But they were not apparent to the naked eye. Man had to discover them. Then work with them in order to understand them. In bygone days, the study of physics was called "natural philosophy". It was an attempt to understand these natural phenomena. It is also a tale of connections and relationships; one idea leading to another; one generation providing ideas and tools for use by the next.