Ernst Mach
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Ernst Mach was an Austrian physicist and philosopher who lived from 1838 to 1916 and made important contributions to understanding motion, sound, and the nature of scientific knowledge. His work influenced modern physics and philosophy of science, particularly through his ideas about how we acquire knowledge through experience and observation.
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- 1838
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- 1916
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- Ueber die schallgeschwindigkeit beim scharfen schuss nach von dem Krupp'schen etablissement angestellten versuchen
- Vierteljahrsschrift für wissenschaftliche philosophie und soziologie
- Die Leitgedanken meiner naturwissenschaftlichen Erkenntnislehre und ihre Aufnahme durch die Zeitgenossen
- Die mechanik in ihrer entwickelung
- Die Analyse der Empfindungen und das Verhältnis des Physischen zum Psychischen
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Ernst Waldfried Josef Wenzel Mach (German: [ˈɛɐnst max]; February 18, 1838 – February 19, 1916) was an Austrian physicist and philosopher, noted for his contributions to physics such as the Mach number and the study of shock waves. As a philosopher of science, he was a major influence on logical positivism and through his criticism of Newton, a forerunner of Einstein's relativity. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Ernst+Mach">Read more on Last.fm</a>
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Ernst Waldfried Josef Wenzel Mach (/mɑːk/ MAHK; Austrian German: [ˈɛrnst ˈmax] ; 18 February 1838 – 19 February 1916) was an Austrian physicist and philosopher who contributed to the understanding of the physics of shock waves. The ratio of the speed of a flow or object to that of sound is named the Mach number in his honor. As a philosopher of science, he was a major influence on logical positivism and American pragmatism. Through his criticism of Isaac Newton's theories of space and time, he foreshadowed Albert Einstein's theory of relativity.
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