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Which scientist was the first to generate electromagnetic waves and transmit them across a distance?

Correct answer C. Heinrich Hertz

Explanation

Heinrich Hertz produced radio waves with a spark-gap transmitter in 1887 and detected them with a separate receiver, experimentally confirming Maxwell's theory of electromagnetic waves.

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