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Table of contents (4 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Oliver Heaviside's electromagnetic investigations - from the publication of his first electrical paper in 1972 to the public recognition awarded to him by Lord Kelvin in 1889 - have consistently attracted attention over the years, and of late have become a major source for the study of the development of field theory after Maxwell. "From Obscurity to Enigma" is the only comprehensive, in-depth analysis of Heaviside's work. It analyses and elucidates his brilliant but often close-to-indecipherable Electrical Papers and traces the evolution of his ideas against the background of growing knowledge in basic electromagnetic theory, telegraphy and telephony during these years. The book will be appreciated by historians of science and technology in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and by physicists and electrical engineers, many of whom are aware of Heaviside's contributions to their respective fields.
Authors and Affiliations
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, The Cohn Institute for the History, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Ido Yavetz
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: From Obscurity to Enigma
Book Subtitle: The Work of Oliver Heaviside, 1872–1889
Authors: Ido Yavetz
Series Title: Science Networks. Historical Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-0177-5
Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Basel AG 1995
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-0348-0176-8Published: 18 June 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-3-0348-0177-5Published: 17 June 2011
Series ISSN: 1421-6329
Series E-ISSN: 2296-6080
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 334
Number of Illustrations: 16 b/w illustrations
Topics: Classical Electrodynamics, Algebra