In 888,29 year old Popov learned that Hertz, a famous German physicist, had discovered electromagnetic waves, the young scientist, who once aspired to promote electric light, said to his friends, "I spent my whole life to install electric lights. To the vast Russia, they only illuminate a small corner:
If I could direct magnetic waves, then I could fly over the whole world! " He buried himself in his research and made a dash for the new goal.