Engineers prized Heaviside’s methods for their usefulness, but mathematicians mocked them for their lack of rigour. Heaviside had no time for pedantry: “Shall I refuse my dinner because I do not understand digestion?”.
Engineers prized Heaviside’s methods for their usefulness, but mathematicians mocked them for their lack of rigour. Heaviside had no time for pedantry: “Shall I refuse my dinner because I do not understand digestion?”.