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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 74) Torquay, Devon, Ingland | (aged
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? |
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