The communications satellite was named after German physicist Heinrich Rudolf Hertz. Born on 22 February 1857 in Hamburg, Hertz primarily focused on research into electromagnetic waves. In 1886, he ...

Scandinavian and West German scientists, said the Times, have established contact with 64-year-old Physicist Hertz. They have letters postmarked Moscow, have seen pictures in which their old ...

In the late 1880s, German physicist Heinrich Hertz tested Maxwell's theory. He succeeded in producing electromagnetic waves, and confirmed Maxwell's prediction about their speed. Not long after ...

For more than a decade, World Radio Day has been celebrated every 13 February. A technology whose authorship is disputed ...

in 1857 -- German physicist Heinrich Hertz, discoverer of radio waves, in 1857 -- Poet Edna St. Vincent Millay in 1892 -- Actor/TV producer Sheldon Leonard in 1907 -- Actor Robert Young in 1907 ...