Oliver Heaviside

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Oliver Heaviside (May 18, 1850 – February 3, 1925) was a self-taught English engineer, mathematician and physicist who adapted complex numbers to the study of electrical circuits, developed techniques for applying Laplace transforms to the solution of differential equations, reformulated Maxwell's field equations in terms of electric and magnetic forces and energy flux, and co-independently 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.

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May 18 - 1850 - February 3 - 1925 - English - Engineer - Mathematician - Physicist - Complex numbers - Electrical circuits - Laplace transform - Differential equations - Maxwell's field equations - Electric - Magnetic - Force - Energy flux - Vector analysis

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