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Electromagnetic Waves

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Electromagnetic Waves
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Oliver Heaviside
SeriesCambridge Library Collection - Technology
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:150
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140
Category/GenreElectronics engineering
ISBN/Barcode 9781108041591
ClassificationsDewey:621.381
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 22 December 2011
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Oliver Heaviside (1850-1925), the self-taught physicist and electrical engineer, began his career as an operator on the newly laid Anglo-Danish telegraph cable in 1868. The most advanced electrical technology of the time, the cable system inspired several of his early mathematical papers. This monograph, first published as a paper in the Philosophical Magazine in 1888, then as a book in 1889, draws on his established work on telegraphic propagation and self-inductance, and on Maxwell's field theory. In a fascinating insight into the contemporary scientific community, he complains that these subjects are still often misunderstood, and explains his formulae afresh from several angles. Also covered - and frequently questioned - are contemporary theories of permittivity, the speed of electromagnetic waves, and the dielectric properties of conductors. Heaviside's Electrical Papers (2 volumes, 1892) and his Electromagnetic Theory (3 volumes, 1893-1912) have also been reissued in this series.