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From Obscurity to Enigma: The Work of Oliver Heaviside, 1872-1889

From Obscurity to Enigma: The Work of Oliver Heaviside, 1872-1889

Yavetz, Ido

Paperback

Series: Science Networks. Historical Studies, Book 16

AlgebraGeneral MathematicsPhysics

ISBN10: 3034801769
ISBN13: 9783034801768
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Jun 18 2011
Pages: 334
Weight: 1.09
Height: 0.73 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

Oliver Heaviside's electromagnetic investigations - from the publication of his first electrical paper in 1972 to the public recognition awarded to him by Lord Kelvin in 1889 - have consistently attracted attention over the years, and of late have become a major source for the study of the development of field theory after Maxwell. From Obscurity to Enigma is the only comprehensive, in-depth analysis of Heaviside's work. It analyses and elucidates his brilliant but often close-to-indecipherable Electrical Papers and traces the evolution of his ideas against the background of growing knowledge in basic electromagnetic theory, telegraphy and telephony during these years. The book will be appreciated by historians of science and technology in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and by physicists and electrical engineers, many of whom are aware of Heaviside's contributions to their respective fields.

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