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All these comments and no Steinmetz mention. The original papers he wrote applying the transforms to electrical engineering work are so genius and simplifying f
by schlauerfox 1y ago
All these comments and no Steinmetz mention. The original papers he wrote applying the transforms to electrical engineering work are so genius and simplifying for the craft, and he's such a nicer person for one of the founders of the field of EE.
Also the origin of that old story about $10 for hitting the machine with a hammer $9990 knowing where to hit it, from what I can gather.
- IAmBroom 1y agoSteinmetz is an unsung hero of tech, except to well-educated EE's. Was he a dwarf or a hunchback? I seem to recall a physical setback.
- schlauerfox 1y agoThe story I heard was he had a genetic hunchback, and never married out of fear of passing it on. It never seemed to stop him, he seemed to live a good life surrounded by friends.