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a111: Logged on 2018-05-08 17:55 mircea_popescu: look it up, hermann aron fellow, was a sort of german
heaviside mircea_popescu: look it up, hermann aron fellow, was a sort of german
heaviside ☟︎ gabriel_laddel_p: We know that A-> exists, and is better than
heaviside's formulation of maxwell's equations because it can describe the AB experiment, and because it does not have a preferred frame of reference / is lorentz invariant.
assbot: Logged on 12-09-2015 23:23:51; mircea_popescu: "To get
Heaviside away from Newton Abbot, his brother Charles arranged for him to live with his sister-in-law, Mary Way, at her home in Devon. Since Mary lived alone, having the eccentric
Heaviside live upstairs from her seemed like a good idea. Unfortunately, things got even more bizarre at that point.
Heaviside insisted on treating Mary as a slave despite her being the owner of the house. Not
mircea_popescu: Mary Way agrees to wear warm woolen underclothing and keep herself warm in winter. Mary Way agrees never to go out without Oliver
Heaviside's permission. Mary Way agrees never to give anything away without Oliver
Heaviside's permission.
mircea_popescu: "Friends were astonished that Mary allowed her house guest to control her. They were even more astonished when she showed them the contract that
Heaviside had insisted she sign which, among other clauses stipulated that:
mircea_popescu: "To get
Heaviside away from Newton Abbot, his brother Charles arranged for him to live with his sister-in-law, Mary Way, at her home in Devon. Since Mary lived alone, having the eccentric
Heaviside live upstairs from her seemed like a good idea. Unfortunately, things got even more bizarre at that point.
Heaviside insisted on treating Mary as a slave despite her being the owner of the house. Not only did he order
☟︎ phf: re
heaviside i don't grok how he could work in a hot room