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CURIOSITY-DRIVEN BASIC SCIENCE: Volta: Chemical battery

APPLICATION TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS:

1800

Oersted: Electromagnetism Faraday: Electromagnetic induction Henry: Detailed investigation of electromagnets in circuits Maxwell: Equations of electromagnetism

1820

1840

Public demonstration of Morses telegraph Transcontinental telegraph Transatlantic telegraph

1860

Hertz: Discovery of radio waves Thompson: Discovery of electron Richardson: Thermionic emission (leading to vacuum tube) Schr dinger, Heisenberg, etc: Quantum Mechanics

1880

Bells telephone

1900

Marconi: Transatlantic radio Beginning of commercial radio (KDKA) First FAX transmission Demonstration of TV Patent for cable transmission system Bell Labs experiments with picture phones

1920

1940
Bardeen & Brattain: Transistor Schawlow & Townes: Laser

1960

Transatlantic telephone FCC plans for communication satellites AT&T announces beroptic system plans

1980

2000

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