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Author Mahon, Basil.

Title Oliver Heaviside : maverick mastermind of electricity / Basil Mahon.

Publication Info. London : Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2009.

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 183 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, 1 map.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series IET history of technology series ; 36
IET history of technology series ; 36.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-173) and index.
Summary One of the great pioneers of electrical science, Oliver Heaviside (1850-1925) was a self-educated, fiercely independent genius who cared nothing for social or mathematical conventions. Among many achievements, he showed how to rid telephone lines of distortion and put Maxwell's wonderful but hitherto inaccessible theory of electromagnetism into its modern form. In his writings, and in life, he was always provocative, often amusing, sometimes infuriating, but never dull. This is a compelling account of Heaviside's life with a powerful insight into his scientific thinking and why it has been so.
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Subject Heaviside, Oliver, 1850-1925.
Heaviside, Oliver, 1850-1925.
Heaviside, Oliver, 1850-1925.
Electrical engineers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Electrical engineers.
Great Britain.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Electrical engineering -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Electrical engineering.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Electrical engineering -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
Chronological Term 20th century
1800-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
Other Form: Print version: Mahon, Basil. Oliver Heaviside. London : Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2009 9780863419652 0863419658 (DLC) 2009482145 (OCoLC)308213773
ISBN 9781849190985 (electronic book)
1849190984 (electronic book)
0863419658 (paperback)
9780863419652 (paperback)