Seems like a massive "Doh!" moment for Maxwell. Did he live to see how elegantly his equations could be rendered? I bet he would have loved it after chuckling at himself for a bit, of course.
Maxwell died of abdominal cancer in 1879 at the age of 48. Heaviside encountered Maxwell's Treatise in 1873, and didn't start publishing his work until the 1880s, so Maxwell didn't live to see how Heaviside improved upon his work.
Hard to say. Heaviside heavily relied upon Maxwell.
"I remember my first look at the great treatise of Maxwell's when I was a young man... I saw that it was great, greater and greatest, with prodigious possibilities in its power... I was determined to master the book and set to work. I was very ignorant. I had no knowledge of mathematical analysis (having learned only school algebra and trigonometry which I had largely forgotten) and thus my work was laid out for me. It took me several years before I could understand as much as I possibly could. Then I set Maxwell aside and followed my own course. And I progressed much more quickly... It will be understood that I preach the gospel according to my interpretation of Maxwell."
Seems like a massive "Doh!" moment for Maxwell. Did he live to see how elegantly his equations could be rendered? I bet he would have loved it after chuckling at himself for a bit, of course.
Maxwell died of abdominal cancer in 1879 at the age of 48. Heaviside encountered Maxwell's Treatise in 1873, and didn't start publishing his work until the 1880s, so Maxwell didn't live to see how Heaviside improved upon his work.
Would Heaviside have done it without Maxwell first?
Hard to say. Heaviside heavily relied upon Maxwell.
"I remember my first look at the great treatise of Maxwell's when I was a young man... I saw that it was great, greater and greatest, with prodigious possibilities in its power... I was determined to master the book and set to work. I was very ignorant. I had no knowledge of mathematical analysis (having learned only school algebra and trigonometry which I had largely forgotten) and thus my work was laid out for me. It took me several years before I could understand as much as I possibly could. Then I set Maxwell aside and followed my own course. And I progressed much more quickly... It will be understood that I preach the gospel according to my interpretation of Maxwell."
Amen Brother Schantz I look forward to your ministry