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Edward Appleton's work helped develop which technology?

  • Television

  • Radar

  • Computers

  • Smartphones

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Radar technology was pioneered through the groundbreaking work of Edward Appleton. Appleton's research on the ionosphere, the layer of the Earth's atmosphere that reflects radio waves, played a crucial role in enabling the development of radar systems, which use these reflections to detect and locate objects.
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