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Another Heaviside biography in addition to the one cited in the article is "Oliver Heaviside: The Life, Work, and Times of an Electrical Genius of the Victorian
by gradschool 2y ago
Another Heaviside biography in addition to the one cited in the
article is "Oliver Heaviside: The Life, Work, and Times of an
Electrical Genius of the Victorian Age" by Paul J. Nahin. It's
profusely illustrated and doesn't omit the math.
- DriftRegion 2y agoI just finished reading this one. It was fantastic. I particularly enjoyed the spicy editorial excerpts from The Electrician ( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electrician https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electrician ).
- vmilner 2y agoPaul Nahins books are so good. See also The Science of Radio And the Mathematical Radio (Similar content but one more focussed at elec eng people and one more at math(s) people)
- B1FF_PSUVM 2y ago> doesn't omit the math. "The best result of mathematics is to be able to do without it", he said, which seems strange but makes sense coming from the man who came up with functional operators. I knew this quotation in my undergrad school days; just now checked the net and there is a source: https://hsm.stackexchange.com/questions/7332/a-peculiar-quote-from-oliver-heaviside https://hsm.stackexchange.com/questions/7332/a-peculiar-quot...