Oliver Heaviside : maverick mastermind of electricity / Basil Mahon

Author: Mahon, Basil
Published: Stevenage : Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2009.
Physical Description: xvii, 183 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, 1 map ; 24 cm.

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Series

IET history of technology series ; 36.

Contents

Chronology: principle events in Heaviside's life -- Cast of main characters: relations, friends and adversaries -- 1. Do try to be like other people: London 1850-68 -- 2. Seventy words a minute: Fredericia 1868-70 -- 3. Waiting for Caroline: Newcastle 1870-74 -- 4. Old Teufelsdrockh: London 1874-82 -- 5. Good old Maxwell!: London 1882-86 -- 6. Making waves: London, Liverpool, Dublin and Karlsruhe 1882-88 -- 7. Into battle: London 1886-88 -- 8. Self-induction's in the air: Bath and London 1888-89 -- 9. Uncle Olly: Paignton 1889-97 -- 10. Country life: Newton Abbot 1897-1908 -- 11. A Torquay marriage: Torquay 1908-24 -- 12. Last days: Torquay 1924-25 -- Heaviside's legacy.

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ISBN

9780863419652 (pbk.)
0863419658 (pbk.)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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