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Oliver Heaviside

Oliver Heaviside
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Oliver Heaviside was a British mathematician and electrical engineer who invented a new technique for solving differential equations, independently developed vector calculus, and rewrote Maxwell's equations in the form commonly used today.

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Who was born first?

Timeline

  1. Charles RichetAugust 26, 1850 – December 4, 1935
  2. Eugen GoldsteinSeptember 5, 1850 – December 1930
  3. Henry Louis Le ChâtelierOctober 8, 1850 – September 17, 1936
  4. Karl Ferdinand BraunJune 6, 1850 – April 20, 1918
  5. Oliver Heaviside (this page)May 18, 1850 – February 3, 1925
  6. Sofia KovalevskayaJanuary 3, 1850 – February 10, 1891

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