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oliver heaviside

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 Definition: [n]  English physicist and electrical engineer who helped develop telegraphic and telephonic communications; in 1902 (independent of A. E. Kennelly) he suggested the existence of an atmospheric layer that reflects radio waves back to earth (1850-1925)
 
 Synonyms: Heaviside
 
 See Also: electrical engineer, physicist

 

 

 

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