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Transients for Electrical Engineers: Elementary Switched-Circuit Analysis in the Time and Laplace Transform Domains (with a touch of MATLAB®)
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Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society. He received the 2017 Chandler Davis Prize for Excellence in Expository Writing in Mathematics.
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has been rated as essential for inclusion in undergraduate mathematics libraries by The Basic Library List Committee of the
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When Least Is Best: How Mathematicians Discovered Many Clever Ways to Make Things as Small (or as Large) as Possible
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How to Fall Slower Than Gravity: And Other Everyday (and Not So Everyday) Uses of Mathematics and Physical Reasoning
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Oliver Heaviside: Sage in Solitude : The Life, Work, and Times of an Electrical Genius of the Victorian Age
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Hot Molecules, Cold Electrons: From the Mathematics of Heat to the Development of the Trans-Atlantic Telegraph
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Number-Crunching: Taming Unruly Computational Problems from Mathematical Physics to Science Fiction
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The Logician and the Engineer: How George Boole and Claude Shannon Created the Information Age
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Time Machine Tales: The Science Fiction Adventures and Philosophical Puzzles of Time Travel
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Mrs. Perkins's Electric Quilt: And Other Intriguing Stories of Mathematical Physics
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Will You Be Alive in 10 Years?: And Numerous Other Curious Questions in Probability
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In Praise of Simple Physics: The Science and Mathematics behind Everyday Questions
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In Pursuit of Zeta-3 : The World's Most Mysterious Unsolved Math Problem
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In 1979, Nahin received the first Harry Rowe Mimno writing award, from the
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The Science of Radio: With MATLAB and Electronics Workbench Demonstrations
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Time Travel: A Writer's Guide to the Real Science of Plausible Time Travel
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The Probability Integral: Its Origin, Its Importance, and Its Calculation
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Electrical and computer engineering expert offers annual Sampson Lecture
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Time Machines: Time Travel in Physics, Metaphysics, and Science Fiction
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Digital Dice: Computational Solutions to Practical Probability Problems
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The Mathematical Radio: Inside the Magic of AM, FM, and Single-Sideband
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Chases and Escapes: The Mathematics of Pursuit and Evasion
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Chases and Escapes: The Mathematics of Pursuit and Evasion
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Dr. Euler's Fabulous Formula: Cures Many Mathematical Ills
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Holy Sci-Fi!: Where Science Fiction and Religion Intersect
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As an author, Nahin's publications include biographies of
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Nahin, Paul J. (December 2012). "Acknowledgements".
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Berkeley, California
Stanford University
California Institute of Technology
University of California, Irvine
physics
mathematics

California
Brea Olinda High School
B.S.
Stanford University
M.S.
California Institute of Technology
Ph.D.
University of California, Irvine
electrical engineering
Harvey Mudd College
University of Virginia
Naval Postgraduate School
Monterey, California
electrical engineering
University of New Hampshire
professor emeritus
Oliver Heaviside
George Boole
Claude Shannon
Euler's formula
Riemann hypothesis
imaginary unit
time travel

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