Acclaimed biography of the pioneer of modern electrical theory
featuring a new preface by author.
"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."--Excerpt 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. 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.