Oliver Heaviside

Categories: High IQ celibates

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'''Oliver Heaviside''' (1850 – 1925) was an English hearing-impaired eccentric, physicist and math genius who who introduced the use of complex numbers in the analysis of electrical circuits. Similar to [[Nikola Tesla]], he never married, had no [[reproductive success|children]] and [[asexual|never showed particular interest]] in [[women]].

== Mary Way ==

At a low point in his live, his brother made arrangements for Heaviside to move in with his brother's wife's unmarried sister, Mary Way. During the 7-8 years they cohabited, Heaviside treated her [[female subordination|like a slave]], prescribing her when to leave the house, who to meet and what to dress. It remains unknown whether he had [[sex]] with her (though unlikely). After she was brought away, Heaviside claimed she had gone mad,<ref>Pickover, C. A. (2015). Strange Brains and Genius: The Secret Lives of Eccentric Scientists and Madmena, b. Culture of Chemistry: The Best Articles on the Human Side of 20th-Century Chemistry from the Archives of the Chemical Intelligencer, 93.</ref> though it cannot be clarified whether he drove her mad or she was difficult to deal with to begin with (though her unmarried state may suggest the latter).

== See also ==

* [[Nikola Tesla]]

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