Ernst Mach
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Ernst Mach (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.
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Mach's principal works in English
- The Science of Mechanics (1883)
- The Analysis of Sensations (1897)
- Popular Scientific Lectures (1895)
- The Principles of Physical Optics (1926)
- Knowledge and Error (1976)
- Principles of the Theory of Heat (1986)
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See also
- Mach disk
- Mach's principle
- Mach reflection
- Mach–Zehnder interferometer
- Visual space
- Marilyn vos Savant
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