Ernst Mach

Ernst Mach: life, work, influence

by Stadler, Friedrich

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This edited volume features essays written in honor of Ernst Mach. It explores his life, work, and legacy. Readers will gain a better understanding of this natural scientist and scholar who made major contributions to physics, the philosophy of science, and physiological psychology. The essays offer a critical inventory of Mach's lifework in line with state-of-the-art research and historiography. It begins with physics, where he paved the way for Einstein's Theory of Relativity. The account con…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Ernst Mach : life, work, influence / Friedrich Stadler, editor.

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This edited volume features essays written in honor of Ernst Mach. It explores his life, work, and legacy. Readers will gain a better understanding of this natural scientist and scholar who made major contributions to physics, the philosophy of science, and physiological psychology. The essays offer a critical inventory of Mach's lifework in line with state-of-the-art research and historiography. It begins with physics, where he paved the way for Einstein's Theory of Relativity. The account continues with Mach's contributions in biology, psychology, and physiology pioneering with an empiricist and gestalthaft Analysis of Sensations. Readers will also discover how in the philosophy of science he served as a model for the Vienna Circle with the Ernst Mach Society as well as paved the way for an integrated history and theory of science.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2019

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Springer
  • Place of Publication:Cham
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2019

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9783030043773, 3030043770, 9783030043780, 3030043789
  • oclc:on1322972999
  • LC Classification:QC16.M33
  • Dewey Decimal:530/.092

Subjects

Ciencias -- Filosofía Mach, Ernst

Writers

Stadler, Friedrich

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