Category: Ita’s World

On 18 July 2010 this iconic statesman’s 92nd birthday is honoured for the first time as International Nelson Mandela Day. As in previous years, throughout the world many sports, charity and other events will be organised to support the philanthropic institutions and numerous causes which he espoused that carry his name. His life and work to liberate South Africa from the oppressive apartheid regime continues to inspire and motivate thousands of followers and admirers at home and abroad. His…

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In 2009 a book by the Marconi Foundation, Salvan, Switzerland, was published to commemorate the centenary (1909-2009) of the Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to Guglielmo Marconi, shared with German physicist, Karl Ferdinand Braun, for important radio communications. ‘Marconi et Salvan: a l’aube de la télégraphie sans fil’, by Yves Fournier and Freddy Gardiol, (pp.104), adds to the worldwide collection of historic accounts, experiments and pioneering achievements of Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937). The book features a collection of family pictures…

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