Oliver Heaviside : maverick mastermind of electricity / Basil Mahon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mahon, Basil.

Series:

IET history of technology series ; 36.

IET history of technology series ; 36

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Electrical engineering.

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

Electrical engineers--Great Britain--Biography.

Electrical engineers.

Heaviside, Oliver, 1850-1925.

Heaviside, Oliver.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (220 p.)

Place of Publication:

Stevenage : Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2009.

Language Note:

English

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

Contents:

Contents; List of figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chronology: principal events in Heaviside's life; Cast of main characters: relations, friends and adversaries; Introduction; 1 Do try to be like other people: London 1850-68; 2 Seventy words a minute: Fredericia 1868-70; 3 Waiting for Caroline: Newcastle 1870-74; 4 Old Teufelsdröckh: London 1874-82; 5 Good old Maxwell!: London 1882-86; 6 Making waves: London, Liverpool, Dublin and Karlsruhe1882-88; 7 Into battle: London 1886-88; 8 Self-induction's in the air: Bath and London 1888-89; 9 Uncle Olly: Paignton 1889-97

10 Country life: Newton Abbot 1897-190811 A Torquay marriage: Torquay 1908-24; 12 Last days: Torquay 1924-25; Heaviside's legacy; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-26335-8

1-84919-098-4

OCLC:

460736347