Oliver Heaviside
Oliver Heaviside FRS[1] (/ˈɒlɪvər ˈhɛvisaɪd/; 18 Mey 1850 – 3 Februar 1925) wis a self-taucht Inglis electrical ingineer, mathematician, an pheesicist who adaptit complex nummers tae the study o electrical circuits, inventit mathematical techniques tae the solution o differential equations (later foond tae be equivalent tae Laplace transforms), reformulatit Maxwell's field equations in terms o electric an magnetic forces an energy flux, an independently co-formulatit vector analysis. Altho at odds wi the scientific establishment for maist o his life, Heaviside chynged the face o mathematics an science for years tae come.[2]
Oliver Heaviside | |
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 Portrait bi Francis Edwin Hodge | |
| Born | 18 Mey 1850 Camden Town, Lunnon, Ingland |
| Dee'd | 3 Februar 1925 (aged 74) Torquay, Devon, Ingland |
| Residence | Ingland |
| Naitionality | Inglish |
| Kent for | Heaviside cover-up method Kennelly–Heaviside layer Reactance Heaviside step function Differential operators Vector analysis Heaviside condeetion |
| Awairds | Faraday Medal Fellae o the Ryal Society[1] |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Electrical ingineerin, mathematics an pheesics |
| Institutions | Great Northren Telegraph Company |
| Notes Famous quote: Shall I refuse ma dinner acause I dae nae fully unnerstand the process o digestion? | |
References
eedit- ↑ a b "Obituary Notices of Fellows Deceased". doi:10.1098/rspa.1926.0036. Cite journal requires
|journal=(help) - ↑ Hunt, Bruce J. (2012). "Oliver Heaviside: A first-rate oddity". Physics Today. 65 (11): 48. doi:10.1063/PT.3.1788.