Onze boeken

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

Categorie	Algemeen wetenschap
Boeknummer	#354470-ZC22
Titel	Oliver Heaviside: Sage in Solitude: The Life, Work and Times of an Electrical Genius of the Victorian Age
Auteur	Nahin, Paul J.
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	New York, NY : IEEE Press
Jaar van uitgave	1988
ISBN10	0879422386
ISBN13	9780879422387
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, 8vo.
Samenvatting	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 and long-suffering friends, whom he often insulted even as they paid his bills. -from the bookThis, then, was Oliver Heaviside, a pioneer of modern electrical theory. Born into a low social class of Victorian England, Heaviside made advances in mathematics by introducing the operational calculus; in physics, where he formulated the modern-day expressions of Maxwell's Laws of electromagnetism; and in electrical engineering, through his duplex equations. Now... (Lees verder) available in paperback with a new preface by the author, this acclaimed biography will appeal to historians of technology and science, as well as to scientists and engineers who wish to learn more about this remarkable man.
Pagina's	320
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 15,00

Onze gebruikte boeken verkeren in goede tweedehands staat, tenzij hierboven anders beschreven. Kleine onvolkomenheden zijn niet altijd vermeld.