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'''Oliver Heaviside''' FRS (/ˈhɛvisaɪd/; 18 May 1850 – 3 February 1925) was an English self-taught electrical engineer, mathematician, and physicist who adapted complex numbers to the study of electrical circuits, invented mathematical techniques for the solution of differential equations (equivalent to Laplace transforms), reformulated Maxwell's field equations in terms of electric and magnetic forces and energy flux, and independently co-formulated vector analysis. | [[File:Oliver Heaviside.jpg|thumb|Oliver Heaviside.]]'''Oliver Heaviside''' FRS (/ˈhɛvisaɪd/; 18 May 1850 – 3 February 1925) was an English self-taught electrical engineer, mathematician, and physicist who adapted complex numbers to the study of electrical circuits, invented mathematical techniques for the solution of differential equations (equivalent to Laplace transforms), reformulated Maxwell's field equations in terms of electric and magnetic forces and energy flux, and independently co-formulated vector analysis. | ||
Although at odds with the scientific establishment for most of his life, Heaviside changed the face of telecommunications, mathematics, and science for years to come. | Although at odds with the scientific establishment for most of his life, Heaviside changed the face of telecommunications, mathematics, and science for years to come. | ||
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* [[Crimes against mathematical constants]] | * [[Crimes against mathematical constants]] | ||
* [[Crimes against physical constants]] | |||
* [[Gnomon algorithm]] | * [[Gnomon algorithm]] | ||
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]] | * [[Gnomon Chronicles]] | ||
Latest revision as of 04:46, 18 May 2019
Oliver Heaviside FRS (/ˈhɛvisaɪd/; 18 May 1850 – 3 February 1925) was an English self-taught electrical engineer, mathematician, and physicist who adapted complex numbers to the study of electrical circuits, invented mathematical techniques for the solution of differential equations (equivalent to Laplace transforms), reformulated Maxwell's field equations in terms of electric and magnetic forces and energy flux, and independently co-formulated vector analysis.
Although at odds with the scientific establishment for most of his life, Heaviside changed the face of telecommunications, mathematics, and science for years to come.
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Fiction cross-reference
- Crimes against mathematical constants
- Crimes against physical constants
- Gnomon algorithm
- Gnomon Chronicles
- Mathematician
- Mathematics
Nonfiction cross-reference
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- Oliver Heaviside @ Wikipedia
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