[Elecraft] OT James Clerk Maxwell

[John Langdon]

I heartily recommend this book, the best I have seen on Heaviside https://www.amazon.com/Maxwellians-Cornell-History-Science/dp/0801482348 

He had a tough childhood and became a telegrapher and virtually self-taught physicist who laid the foundations for modern electrical engineering.

73 John N5CQ


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It is also of value to read about Professor Oliver Heaviside, a less-heralded but brilliant mathematician and physicist who was able to simplify Maxwell’s very complex electromagnetic theory of about 30 equations down to a much more understandable set of 4 or 6 equations.  It is Heaviside’s re-interpretation and simplification of Maxwell’s original equations that are taught and used today.

There is an excellent book on Heaviside, who was a genius in his own right:

“The Forgotten Genius of Oliver Heaviside”, available on Amazon, see https://www.amazon.com/Forgotten-Genius-Oliver-Heaviside-Electrical-ebook/dp/B01N0S90BN/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=genius+heaviside&qid=1585197188&sr=8-1 <https://www.amazon.com/Forgotten-Genius-Oliver-Heaviside-Electrical-ebook/dp/B01N0S90BN/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=genius+heaviside&qid=1585197188&sr=8-1>

Just in case anyone is looking for a good book in this time of self-isolation,.

73,

Kevin VE7ZD



> On Mar 25, 2020, at 8:01 PM, Dave Sublette <k4to.dave at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> A brief, but excellent video on you tube discusses Maxwell and his 
> importance in history.  If you are not familiar with "The History 
> Guy", this is an excellent way to become acquainted with him.
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuWEqE4k230
> 
> 73,
> 
> Dave, K4TO
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