"He was a man who often was incapable of conducting himself properly in the most elementary social interactions. His only continuing contacts with women were limited to his mother, nieces, and housekeepers. He was a man who knew the power of money and desired it, but refused to work for it, preferring to live off the sweat of his family and long-suffering friends, whom he often insulted even as they paid his bills."-from the book This, then, was Oliver Heaviside, a pioneer of modern electrical theory. Born into a low social class of Victorian England, Heaviside made advances in mathematics by introducing the operational calculus; in physics, where he formulated the modern-day expressions of Maxwell's Laws of electromagnetism; and in electrical engineering, through his duplex equations. Now available in paperback with a new preface by the author, this acclaimed biography will appeal to historians of technology and science, as well as to scientists and engineers who wish to learn more about this remarkable man.
| ISBN: | 9780801869099 |
| Publication date: | 8th January 2003 |
| Author: | Paul J. (University of New Hampshire) Nahin |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 360 pages |
| Genres: |
History of engineering and technology Biography: science, technology and medicine Impact of science and technology on society History of science |