Editing Edwardian era (section)

==Science and technology==
The period featured many innovations. [[Ernest Rutherford]] published his studies on [[radioactivity]]. The first transatlantic wireless signals were sent by [[Guglielmo Marconi]], and the [[Wright brothers]] flew for the first time.<ref>A. R. Ubbelohde, "Edwardian Science and Technology: Their Interactions", ''British Journal for the History of Science'' (1963) 1#3 pp. 217–226 [https://www.jstor.org/stable/4024921 in JSTOR]
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By the end of the era, [[Louis Blériot]] had crossed the [[English Channel]] by air; the largest ship in the world, [[RMS Olympic|RMS ''Olympic'']], had sailed on its maiden voyage and her larger sister [[RMS Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']] was under construction; automobiles were common; and the South Pole was reached for the first time by [[Roald Amundsen]]'s and then [[Robert Falcon Scott]]'s teams.