The Forgotten Genius Of Oliver Heaviside: A Maverick Of Electrical Science
by Basil Mahon /
2017 / English / EPUB
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Oliver Heaviside (1850 -1925) may not be a household name but he
was one of the great pioneers of electrical science: his work led
to huge advances in communications and became the bedrock of the
subject of electrical engineering as it is taught and practiced
today. His ideas and original accomplishments are now so much a
part of everyday electrical science that they are simply taken for
granted; almost nobody wonders how they came about and Heaviside's
name has been lost from view.
Oliver Heaviside (1850 -1925) may not be a household name but he
was one of the great pioneers of electrical science: his work led
to huge advances in communications and became the bedrock of the
subject of electrical engineering as it is taught and practiced
today. His ideas and original accomplishments are now so much a
part of everyday electrical science that they are simply taken for
granted; almost nobody wonders how they came about and Heaviside's
name has been lost from view.
This book tells the complete story of this extraordinary though
often unappreciated scientist. The author interweaves details of
Heaviside's life and personality with clear explanations of his
many important contributions to the field of electrical
engineering. He describes a man with an irreverent sense of fun who
cared nothing for social or mathematical conventions and lived a
fiercely independent life.
This book tells the complete story of this extraordinary though
often unappreciated scientist. The author interweaves details of
Heaviside's life and personality with clear explanations of his
many important contributions to the field of electrical
engineering. He describes a man with an irreverent sense of fun who
cared nothing for social or mathematical conventions and lived a
fiercely independent life.
His achievements include creating the mathematical tools that were
to prove essential to the proper understanding and use of
electricity, finding a way to rid telephone lines of the distortion
that had stifled progress, and showing that electrical power
doesn't flow in a wire but in the space alongside it.
His achievements include creating the mathematical tools that were
to prove essential to the proper understanding and use of
electricity, finding a way to rid telephone lines of the distortion
that had stifled progress, and showing that electrical power
doesn't flow in a wire but in the space alongside it.
At first his ideas were thought to be weird, even outrageous, and
he had to battle long and hard to get them accepted. Yet by the end
of his life he was awarded the first Faraday Medal.
At first his ideas were thought to be weird, even outrageous, and
he had to battle long and hard to get them accepted. Yet by the end
of his life he was awarded the first Faraday Medal.
This engrossing story will restore long-overdue recognition to a
scientist whose achievements in many ways were as crucial to our
modern age as those of Edison's and Tesla's.
This engrossing story will restore long-overdue recognition to a
scientist whose achievements in many ways were as crucial to our
modern age as those of Edison's and Tesla's.