The forgotten genius of Oliver Heaviside : a maverick of electrical science / by Basil Mahon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mahon, Basil, author.

Standardized Title:

Oliver Heaviside

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Heaviside, Oliver, 1850-1925.

Heaviside, Oliver.

Electrical engineers--Great Britain--Biography.

Electrical engineers.

Electrical engineering--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Electrical engineering.

Electrical engineering--Great Britain--History--20th century.

History.

Great Britain.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Physical Description:

288 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, 2017.

Summary:

"This biography of Oliver Heaviside profiles the life of an underappreciated genius and describes his many contributions to electrical science, which proved to be essential to the future of mass communications"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Do Try to Be Like Other People: London 1850-68 25

Chapter 2 Seventy Words a Minute: Fredericia 1868-70 35

Chapter 3 Waiting for Caroline: Newcastle 1870-74 53

Chapter 4 Old Teufelsdröckh: London 1874-82 67

Chapter 5 Good Old Maxwell!: London 1882-86 83

Chapter 6 Making Waves: London, Liverpool, Dublin, and Karlsruhe 1882-88 97

Chapter 7 Into Battle: London 1886-88 119

Chapter 8 Self-Induction's in the Air: Bath and London 1888-89 139

Chapter 9 Uncle Olly: Paignton 1889-97 155

Chapter 10 Country Life: Newton Abbot 1897-1908 179

Chapter 11 A Torquay Marriage: Torquay 1908-24 203

Chapter 12 Last Days: 1924-25 223.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781633883314

1633883310

OCLC:

999401002