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Has much been written about his shunning? I've heard just a little bit that it was due to him being from a working class background, but then again an uncle of
by IncreasePosts 2y ago
Has much been written about his shunning? I've heard just a little bit that it was due to him being from a working class background, but then again an uncle of his (through marriage) was a Fellow at the Royal Society. You think that would at least give you an in.
- selimthegrim 2y agoHis behavior with women, including his relatives, was not praiseworthy. (Not criminal except arguably in one case but not worthy of emulation
- djmips 2y agoWhat's your source for that? I hadn't run across that - I know Heaviside never married and I thought most of the friction he was involved in was with other male Victorian era scientists.
- selimthegrim 2y agohttps://drvitelli.typepad.com/providentia/2017/09/the-problem-with-oliver-heaviside.html https://drvitelli.typepad.com/providentia/2017/09/the-proble...
- pclmulqdq 2y agoHe wasn't ever active in the scientific community. He was always a "dirty" telegraph operator and engineer. That distinction somewhat persists today.