Ernst Mach (1838-1916).
Ernst Mach was an Austrian physicist and philosopher.
Ernst Mach was born in Chrlice, Czech Republic. He was educated at home until the age of 14, then went briefly to gymnasium before entering the University of Vienna at 17. There he studied mathematics, physics and philosophy, and received a doctorate in physics in 1860.
His early work was focused on Doppler effect in optics and acoustics. In 1864 he took a job as professor of mathematics in Graz, in 1866 he was also appointed as a professor of physics. During that period Mach became interested also in physiology of sensory perception. In 1867 Mach took the chair of a professor of experimental physics at Charles University, Prague.
Mach returned to the University of Vienna as professor of inductive philosophy in 1895, but he suffered a stroke two years later and retired from active research in 1901, when he was appointed to the Austrian parliament. He continued to lecture and publish in retirement.
Mach died on 19 February 1916 in Haar, Germany.
Table of Contents
- 1 Major Works of Ernst Mach
- 2 Videos
- 3 Related Products
- 3.1 The Science of Mechanics: A Critical And Historical Exposition Of Its Principles (Cambridge Library Collection - Physical Sciences)
- 3.2 The Analysis of Sensations and the Relation of the Physical to the Psychical: Revised and Supplemented Edition
- 3.3 The Science of Mechanics: A Critical and Historical Account of Its Development
- 3.4 The Analysis of Sensations, and the Relation of the Physical to the Psychical
- 3.5 Space and Geometry in the Light of Physiological, Psychological and Physical Inquiry
- 3.6 Ernst Mach: His Life, Work, and Influence
- 3.7 Ernst Mach – Life, Work, Influence (Vienna Circle Institute Yearbook)
- 3.8 The Science of Mechanics
- 3.9 The Realistic Empiricism of Mach, James, and Russell: Neutral Monism Reconceived
- 3.10 The Analysis of Sensations and the Relation of the Physical to the Psychical. Translated from the 1st German Ed. by C.M. Williams; Rev. and Supplemented from the 5th German Ed. by Sydney Waterlow
Major Works of Ernst Mach
– The Analysis of Sensations
– The Science of Mechanics (1883)
– Popular Scientific Lectures (1896)
– Knowledge and Error (1905)
– Space and Geometry in the Light of Physiological, Psychological, and Physical Inquiry (1906)
– Inquiry (1906)
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