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Electromagnetic Waves
Paperback / softback
Main Details
Title |
Electromagnetic Waves
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Oliver Heaviside
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Series | Cambridge Library Collection - Technology |
Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:150 | Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140 |
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Category/Genre | Electronics engineering |
ISBN/Barcode |
9781108041591
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Classifications | Dewey:621.381 |
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Audience | Professional & Vocational | |
Illustrations |
Worked examples or Exercises
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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Publication Date |
22 December 2011 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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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.
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