What is Alexander Stepanovich Popov?
{{Infobox Celebrity | name = Alexander Stepanovich Popov | image =Alexander_Stepanovich_Popov.jpg | caption = | birth_date = March 4/16 1859 | birth_place = | death_date = December 31/January 13, 1905/1906 | death_place = | occupation = [[inventor]] and [[physicist]] | salary = | networth = | spouse = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Alexander Stepanovich Popov''' ({{lang-ru|Александр Степанович Попов}}) ({{OldStyleDate|March 16|1859|March 4}} – {{OldStyleDate|January 13|1906|December 31, 1905}}) was a [[Russia]]n [[physicist]] and inventor who first showed how to use [[electromagnetic]] ([[radio]]) waves,<ref>{{cite web|title =Early Radio Transmission Recognized as Milestone|work=[[IEEE]]|url=http://www.ieee.org/portal/site/tionline/menuitem.130a3558587d56e8fb2275875bac26c8/index.jsp?&pName=institute_level1_article&TheCat=1008&article=tionline/legacy/inst2005/may05/5w.fhistory.xml&|access-date=16 July 2006}}</ref> although he did not apply for a patent for his [[invention]]. [[File:Lightning detector.jpg|thumb|left|a device using multiple antenna]] ==References== {{reflist}} {{Commons|Alexander Stepanovich Popov}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Popov, Alexander Stepanovich}} [[Category:1859 births]] [[Category:1906 deaths]] [[Category:Russian physicists|Popov, Alexander]] [[Category:Russian inventors]]