Edwin Armstrong was to radio what Nikola Tesla was to the AC power system, and William Thomson to submarine cables: Someone who so deeply understood what he wa

Edwin Armstrong was to radio what Nikola Tesla was to the AC power system, and William Thomson to submarine cables: Someone who so deeply understood what he was doing that everyone else was a amateur by comparison. The man invented the superhet receiver and wideband FM modulation, in other words, (analog) radio as we know it. Pity he got screwed over so badly.