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Re:Maxwell's Equations first published 150 years ago by madengr on Monday November 23, 2015 @09:30PM (#10618817)
If you ever used Laplace transforms to solve differential equations, that is Heavisides work too.

Good book: http://www.amazon.com/Oliver-Heaviside-Electrical-Genius-Vic...

Re:Maxwell's Equations first published 150 years ago by bainsfather on Tuesday November 24, 2015 @05:26AM (#10620044)
I've read that book, it is very good. A fantastic story/subject, though probably not for a general audience, just those interested in a detailed history of Heaviside and his work. It's nice to see a well-written 'technical' history book - so often such books are written by someone who doesn't really understand the subject - this is an exception.

You are mistaken about Laplace Transforms - Heaviside used a different method which was rather ad-hoc - sometimes it works, sometimes not. For the same problems, we now use Laplace Transforms instead, because they are better/cleaner.