Two of the boldest and most creative scientists of all time were Michael Faraday (1791-1867) and James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879). This is the story of how these men, separated in age by forty years, discovered the existence of the electromagnetic field and devised a radically ...
Contents 1. A A country boy 2. A Pins and string 3. A Philosophy 4. A Learning to juggle 5. A Blue and yellow make pink 6. A Saturn and statistics 7. A Cast of characters 8. A Spinning cells 9.
The biography details the groundbreaking contributions of Oliver Heaviside, a pivotal figure in electrical science. It highlights his innovative methods for circuit analysis, his techniques for eliminating distortion in telephone lines, and his accessible interpretation of Maxwell's electromagnetism theory, making complex concepts understandable for engineers and physicists. Through his work, Heaviside significantly advanced the field of electrical engineering in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
"This biography of Oliver Heaviside profiles the life of an underappreciated genius and describes his many contributions to electrical science, which proved to be essential to the future of mass communications"--