"Heaviside" (see last line of Byron's note) was the surgeon in attendance at the duel between Lord Falkland and Mr.A. Powell. From Wordnik.com. [Byron's Poetical Works, Volume 1] Reference
Though self-educated, Heaviside was a true genius. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 4] Reference
Heaviside published in the Electrician a series of articles under the title. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 4] Reference
Radio would be line of sight, and the Ringworld atmosphere probably had a Heaviside layer. From Wordnik.com. [The Ringworld Engineers]
With the invention of the telephone in 1877, Heaviside began also to study telephonic transmission. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 4] Reference
In an instant they were receiving a short-wave broadcast at the Heaviside Layer of a distant planet. From Wordnik.com. [Masters Of The Vortex]
Actually, thinking about quantum mechanics, I actually would have drawn an Heaviside step function …. From Wordnik.com. [The world’s not flat anymore.] Reference
See also Paul J. Nahin, "Oliver Heaviside: Sage in Solitude", IEEE Press, New York, 1988, p. 9, note 3. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 4] Reference
This is precisely the subset of Maxwell's electromagnetics extracted and written so clearly by Heaviside. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 4] Reference
Heaviside, ever the outcast and apart from his peers, died in a nursing home at Torquay on Feb. 3, 1925. 7. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 4] Reference
Unfortunately Einstein studied the prevalent Heaviside version of Maxwell's electromagnetic theory in university. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 4] Reference
The origins of this analysis can be traced to the works of Oliver Heaviside (1880's) and S.A. Schelkunoff (1) (1930's). From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 6] Reference
See also Sir Edmund Whittaker, "Oliver Heaviside", Bulletin of the Calcutta Mathematical Society, 20, 1928-1929, p. 202. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 4] Reference
Studying mathematics on his own, Heaviside had begun to write improvements for telegraphy, and in 1873 began using calculus. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 4] Reference
For conditions in the ether I introduced the equations which have been generally accepted since the work of Hertz and Heaviside. From Wordnik.com. [Hendrik A. Lorentz - Nobel Lecture] Reference
Heaviside railed at the elusive idea of the potential, and focused electromagnetics upon the force fields, as did Hertz and Gibbs. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 4] Reference
Heaviside wrestled with this G-vector, but dismissed it as an unnecessary and useless introduction of an auxiliary circuital flux. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 4] Reference
For details of the long struggle Heaviside had with his adversary Tait, see "The Great Quaternionic War", Nahin, ibid., p. 187-215. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 4] Reference
A footnote on Nahin: Anyone who has taught a course on the history of radio and has a cat named Heaviside has to be a great writer. From Wordnik.com. [Rules for Time Travelers] Reference
Heaviside was astounded by Maxwell's "Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism", published in 1873, and Maxwell became his undying hero. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 4] Reference
Heaviside never possessed a formal university degree, but was much later in the early 20th century - to be awarded an honorary doctorate. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 4] Reference
Heaviside also discarded the scalar component of the quaternion, and - together with Gibbs - finalized the present modern vector analysis. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 4] Reference
Opera-house, to hear Dr. Lardner, of Heaviside notoriety. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of a Voyage across the Atlantic] Reference
Then, a man by the name of Heaviside came into the picture. From Wordnik.com. [A Quarter Century of Communications Development] Reference
"Beyond the Heaviside Layer" Astounding, July 1930 Full Magazine. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-07-01] Reference
You will see I am a great admirer of Maxwell, Sir Humphrey Davy, Faraday, and Heaviside. From Wordnik.com. [A Quarter Century of Communications Development] Reference
They are already in operation, sending their defensive waves against the Heaviside layer. From Wordnik.com. [Invaders from the Infinite] Reference
"It can do 27 things and I've figured out three so far," said Heaviside, president of Huntington's Epoch 5 Public Relations. From Wordnik.com. [Long Island Business News Products] Reference
James Harrison, Esq. Richard Heaviside, Esq.Mr. Hedges. From Wordnik.com. [Poems, by Mrs. M. Robinson] Reference
See also H.J. J.sephs, 'the Heaviside papers found at Paignton in 1957 ". From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 4] Reference
Oliver Heaviside (1850-1925), English physicist. From Wordnik.com. [Comparison of Wii/360 Ghostbusters makes me want to cry] Reference
Heaviside! ". From Wordnik.com. [Newton Forster The Merchant Service] Reference
Heaviside, O. From Wordnik.com. [Seasoning of Wood] Reference
Up, up, up to the Heaviside layer? ". From Wordnik.com. [newsleader.com -] Reference
Up, up, up, up, to the Heaviside Layer. From Wordnik.com. [Ceiling cat makes his - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference
Heaviside, Sidebottom, Ramsbottom, Winterbottom; or a long name, as. From Wordnik.com. [History of English Humour, Vol. 2 (of 2)] Reference
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