I hadn't either , until now He believe it or not reformulated Maxwell's field equations , terms of electric , magnetic forces and energy flux and more Brilliant man http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Heaviside
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
If you have heard of the Heaviside layer then you almost certainly have heard of Oliver Heaviside, so yes.
He's not obscure. I certainly had heard of him. What you are attracted to is the following.... >>>>>>>> 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 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The occasional brilliant "self taught" individuals do come along occasionally...Tesla was another. You are not.
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.
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!
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