Oliver Heaviside , anybody heard of him ?

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  1. river

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  3. paddoboy Valued Senior Member

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    Yep, certainly a brilliant man amongst many brilliant men in that era and eras since.
     
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  5. river

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    Sure

    But who realised his contribution to Maxwell's equations

    We always think that Maxwell was the one who is responsible for his equations on fields , apparently not so

    Its time to give credit where credit is due

    river
     
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  7. Manifold1 Banned Banned

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    I like his base units, and yes, I know of his work quite well.
     
  8. Ophiolite Valued Senior Member

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    If you have heard of the Heaviside layer then you almost certainly have heard of Oliver Heaviside, so yes.
     
  9. river

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    Why then is he so obscure , or unknown ?

    You would think that he should be much more well known
     
  10. paddoboy Valued Senior Member

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    He's not obscure. I certainly had heard of him.
    What you are attracted to is the following....
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    Oliver Heaviside FRS[1] (/ˈɒlɪvər ˈhɛvisaɪd/; 18 May 1850 – 3 February 1925) was a self-taught English electrical engineer, mathematician, and physicist who adapted complex numbers to the study of electrical circuits, invented mathematical techniques for the solution of differential equations (later found to be equivalent to Laplace transforms), reformulated Maxwell's field equations in terms of electric and magnetic forces and energy flux, and independently co-formulated vector analysis. Although at odds with the scientific establishment for most of his life, Heaviside changed the face of mathematics and science for years to come.[
    WIKI
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    The occasional brilliant "self taught" individuals do come along occasionally...Tesla was another.
    You are not.
     
  11. river

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    BS

    You never heard of him , until I mentioned him
     
  12. Dywyddyr Penguinaciously duckalicious. Valued Senior Member

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    Not everyone suffers from the lack of education that you do.
     
  13. river

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    so you have never heard of him either

    very few have
     
  14. paddoboy Valued Senior Member

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    The only bullshit is that which you spray.
    I have known of Heaviside for two decades or more.
     
  15. Dywyddyr Penguinaciously duckalicious. Valued Senior Member

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    Why do you persist in making shit up?
    Of course I've heard of him.
    As Ophiolite pointed out in an earlier post: anyone who's heard of the Heaviside layer should know who he was.
    (That particular layer plays an important part in long-range radio transmission apart from any other considerations - ergo ham radio operators will know of it).

    Even T. S. Eliot fans (a poet) or theatre-goers (ever heard of the musical play Cats?) have heard of him:
    The Journey To The Heaviside Layer
    Up, up, up past the Russell Hotel
    Up, up, up, up to the Heaviside layer
    Up, up, up past the Russell Hotel
    Up, up, up, up to the Heaviside layer

    Up, up, up past the Russell Hotel
    Up, up, up, up to the Heaviside layer
    Up, up, up past the Russell Hotel
    Up, up, up, up to the Heaviside layer

    Up, up, up past the Jellicle moon
    Up, up, up, up to the Heaviside layer
    Up, up, up past the Jellicle moon
    Up, up, up, up to the Heaviside layer

    The mystical divinity
    Of unashamed felinity
    Round the cathedral rang 'Vivat'
    Life to the everlasting cat



    Like I said: just because YOUR education is lacking is no reason to assume that everyone else's is too.
     
  16. paddoboy Valued Senior Member

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    I heard and read about him as the first winner of the Faraday medal, a couple of decades ago..
     
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  17. phyti Registered Senior Member

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    He is responsible for the Heaviside ellipse, which demonstrates length contraction at the em/atomic scale.
    History is not always accurate, and recognition usually goes to the one who publishes first. Some are just modest or reserved.
    For an interesting case in math, research "Pell's" equation.
    Thanks for putting Oliver's name out there!
     
  18. river

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    Thanks for the thanks

    And one would think that when talking about Faraday , one would also think of Heaviside , but his name NEVER comes up at all
     

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