Oliver Heaviside: The Life, Work, and Times of an Electrical Genius of the Victorian Age

by Paul J. Nahin

Book Overview

Acclaimed biography of the pioneer of modern electrical theory featuring a new preface by author.

"He was a man who often was incapable of conducting himself properly in the most elementary social interactions. His only continuing contacts with women were limited to his mother, nieces, and housekeepers. He was a man who knew the power of money and desired it, but refused to work for it, preferring to live off the sweat of his family...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801869099
• ISBN13: 9780801869099
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 10.0"