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Englishman OLIVER HEAVISIDE (1850-1925) left school at 16 to teach
himself electrical engineering, eventually becoming a renowned
mathematician and one of the world's premiere authorities on
electromagnetic theory and its applications for communication,
including the telegraph and telephone. Here in three volumes are
his collected writings on electromagnetic theory-Volume I was first
published in 1893. This is a catalog of the bulk of his
postulations, theorems, proofs, and common problems (and solutions)
in electromagnetism, many of which had been published in article
form. Part scientific history-including references to some
contemporary criticisms, long since shown to be poorly based, of
Heaviside's scholarship-and part guide to understanding a complex
applied science, this work shows both the genius and the
eccentricity of a man whose work includes precursory theories to
Einstein, and revolutionary principles that today are the commonly
assumed truths in the field of electrical engineering.
Englishman OLIVER HEAVISIDE (1850-1925) left school at 16 to teach
himself electrical engineering, eventually becoming a renowned
mathematician and one of the world's premiere authorities on
electromagnetic theory and its applications for communication,
including the telegraph and telephone. Here in three volumes are
his collected writings on electromagnetic theory-Volume III was
first published in 1912. This is a catalog of the bulk of his
postulations, theorems, proofs, and common problems (and solutions)
in electromagnetism, many of which had been published in article
form. Part scientific history-including references to some
contemporary criticisms, long since shown to be poorly based, of
Heaviside's scholarship-and part guide to understanding a complex
applied science, this work shows both the genius and the
eccentricity of a man whose work includes precursory theories to
Einstein, and revolutionary principles that today are the commonly
assumed truths in the field of electrical engineering.
Englishman OLIVER HEAVISIDE (1850-1925) left school at 16 to teach
himself electrical engineering, eventually becoming a renowned
mathematician and one of the world's premiere authorities on
electromagnetic theory and its applications for communication,
including the telegraph and telephone. Here in three volumes are
his collected writings on electromagnetic theory-Volume II was
first published in 1899. This is a catalog of the bulk of his
postulations, theorems, proofs, and common problems (and solutions)
in electromagnetism, many of which had been published in article
form. Part scientific history-including references to some
contemporary criticisms, long since shown to be poorly based, of
Heaviside's scholarship-and part guide to understanding a complex
applied science, this work shows both the genius and the
eccentricity of a man whose work includes precursory theories to
Einstein, and revolutionary principles that today are the commonly
assumed truths in the field of electrical engineering.
Englishman OLIVER HEAVISIDE (1850-1925) left school at 16 to teach
himself electrical engineering, eventually becoming a renowned
mathematician and one of the world's premiere authorities on
electromagnetic theory and its applications for communication,
including the telegraph and telephone. Here in three volumes are
his collected writings on electromagnetic theory-Volume I was first
published in 1893. This is a catalog of the bulk of his
postulations, theorems, proofs, and common problems (and solutions)
in electromagnetism, many of which had been published in article
form. Part scientific history-including references to some
contemporary criticisms, long since shown to be poorly based, of
Heaviside's scholarship-and part guide to understanding a complex
applied science, this work shows both the genius and the
eccentricity of a man whose work includes precursory theories to
Einstein, and revolutionary principles that today are the commonly
assumed truths in the field of electrical engineering.
Englishman OLIVER HEAVISIDE (1850-1925) left school at 16 to teach
himself electrical engineering, eventually becoming a renowned
mathematician and one of the world's premiere authorities on
electromagnetic theory and its applications for communication,
including the telegraph and telephone. Here in three volumes are
his collected writings on electromagnetic theory-Volume III was
first published in 1912. This is a catalog of the bulk of his
postulations, theorems, proofs, and common problems (and solutions)
in electromagnetism, many of which had been published in article
form. Part scientific history-including references to some
contemporary criticisms, long since shown to be poorly based, of
Heaviside's scholarship-and part guide to understanding a complex
applied science, this work shows both the genius and the
eccentricity of a man whose work includes precursory theories to
Einstein, and revolutionary principles that today are the commonly
assumed truths in the field of electrical engineering.
Englishman OLIVER HEAVISIDE (1850-1925) left school at 16 to teach
himself electrical engineering, eventually becoming a renowned
mathematician and one of the world's premiere authorities on
electromagnetic theory and its applications for communication,
including the telegraph and telephone. Here in three volumes are
his collected writings on electromagnetic theory-Volume II was
first published in 1899. This is a catalog of the bulk of his
postulations, theorems, proofs, and common problems (and solutions)
in electromagnetism, many of which had been published in article
form. Part scientific history-including references to some
contemporary criticisms, long since shown to be poorly based, of
Heaviside's scholarship-and part guide to understanding a complex
applied science, this work shows both the genius and the
eccentricity of a man whose work includes precursory theories to
Einstein, and revolutionary principles that today are the commonly
assumed truths in the field of electrical engineering.
Oliver Heaviside (1850-1925), the self-taught physicist and
electrical engineer, began his career as an operator on the newly
laid Anglo-Danish telegraph cable in 1868. The most advanced
electrical technology of the time, the cable system inspired
several of his early mathematical papers. This monograph, first
published as a paper in the Philosophical Magazine in 1888, then as
a book in 1889, draws on his established work on telegraphic
propagation and self-inductance, and on Maxwell's field theory. In
a fascinating insight into the contemporary scientific community,
he complains that these subjects are still often misunderstood, and
explains his formulae afresh from several angles. Also covered -
and frequently questioned - are contemporary theories of
permittivity, the speed of electromagnetic waves, and the
dielectric properties of conductors. Heaviside's Electrical Papers
(2 volumes, 1892) and his Electromagnetic Theory (3 volumes,
1893-1912) have also been reissued in this series.
A self-taught authority on electromagnetic theory, telegraphy and
telephony, Oliver Heaviside (1850-1925) dedicated his adult life to
the improvement of electrical technologies. Inspired by James Clerk
Maxwell's field theory, he spent the 1880s presenting his ideas as
a regular contributor to the weekly journal, The Electrician. The
publication of Electrical Papers, a year after his election to the
Royal Society in 1891, established his fame beyond the scientific
community. An eccentric figure with an impish sense of humour,
Heaviside's accessible style enabled him to educate an entire
generation in the importance and application of electricity. In so
doing he helped to establish that very British phenomenon, the
garden-shed inventor. Illustrated with practical examples, the
subjects covered in Volume 1 include voltaic constants, duplex
telegraphy, microphones and electromagnets.
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