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Informationen zum Autor A former officer in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Basil Mahon is a retired Government Statistician who ran the 1991 census in England and Wales and has had a lifelong passion for the physical sciences. Oliver Heaviside follows up his acclaimed book The Man Who Changed Everything , a biography of Heaviside's own hero James Clerk Maxwell. Klappentext A compelling account of the life of one of the great pioneers of electrical science Oliver Heaviside (1850-1925). He showed how to analyse circuit, how to rid telephone lines of distortion and interpreted Maxwell's theory of electromagnetism in a way that working engineers and physicists could understand. Zusammenfassung A compelling account of the life of one of the great pioneers of electrical science Oliver Heaviside (1850-1925). He showed how to analyse circuit, how to rid telephone lines of distortion and interpreted Maxwell's theory of electromagnetism in a way that working engineers and physicists could understand. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: Do try to be like other people: London 1850-68 Chapter 2: Seventy words a minute: Fredericia 1868-70 Chapter 3: Waiting for Caroline: Newcastle 1870-74 Chapter 4: Old Teufelsdrockh: London 1874-82 Chapter 5: Good old Maxwell!: London 1882-86 Chapter 6: Making waves: London, Liverpool, Dublin and Karlsruhe 1882-88 Chapter 7: Into battle: London 1886-88 Chapter 8: Self-induction's in the air: Bath and London 1888-89 Chapter 9: Uncle Olly: Paignton 1889-97 Chapter 10: Country life: Newton Abbot 1897-1908 Chapter 11: A Torquay marriage: Torquay 1908-24 Chapter 12: Last days: Torquay 1924-25 Heaviside's legacy
