Oliver Heaviside, sage in solitude the life, work, and times of an electrical genius of the Victorian age

Biography of Oliver Heaviside, who was a self-taught English electrical engineer, mathematician, and physicist who adapted complex numbers to the study of electrical circuits, and invented mathematical techniques to the solution of differential equations.

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Main Author: Nahin, Paul J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York IEEE Press 1987, 1988.
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Summary:Biography of Oliver Heaviside, who was a self-taught English electrical engineer, mathematician, and physicist who adapted complex numbers to the study of electrical circuits, and invented mathematical techniques to the solution of differential equations.
Item Description:"Published under the sponsorship of the IEEE History Committee."
Physical Description:xxiii, 320 p. ill. 27 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0879422386