Electromagnetic waves Quote by Oliver Heaviside

“If it is love that makes the world go round, it is self-induction that makes electromagnetic waves go round the world.”

Oliver Heaviside

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Theory is the essence of facts. Without theory scientific knowledge would be only worthy of the madhouse.

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Mathematics is an experimental science, and definitions do not come first, but later on.

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The best result of mathematics is to be able to do without it.

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Logic can be patient, for it is eternal.

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