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The Remarkable Journey of Oliver Heaviside and the Telegrapher's Equation
In 1876, an unknown 26-year-old named Oliver Heaviside dramatically changed the landscape of electrical engineering and signal transmission with his paper, "On the Extra Current," published in the Philosophical Magazine. Remarkably, Heaviside had no formal scientific or mathematical training, yet he synthesized crucial concepts that would reshape our understanding of signal propagation through transmission lines. His derivation of the telegrapher's equation marked a significant turning point in both theory and practical communication technology.