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Ernst Mach : physicist and philosopher
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- Creator
- edited by Robert S. Cohen and Raymond J. Seeger
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- English
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- Dordrecht : D. Reidel, 1970
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- viii, 295 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, plans, portrait ; 23 cm
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- ocm02131684
- Synthese library
- A symposium held at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Washington, D. C., 27 Dec. 1966, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death of Ernst Mach.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Blüh, O. Ernst Mach, his life as a teacher and thinker.--Ratliff, F. On Mach's contributions to the analysis of sensations.--Merzkirch, W.F. Mach's contribution to the development of gas dynamics.--Seeger, R.J. On Mach's curiosity about shockwaves.--Bergmann, P.G. Ernst Mach and contemporary physics.--Hiebert, E.N. The genesis of Mach's early views on atomism.--Menger, K. Mathematical implications of Mach's ideas.--Cohen, R.S. Ernst Mach, physics, perception and the philosophy of science.--Holton, G.J. Mach, Einstein and the search for reality.--Goenner, H.--Mach's principle and Einstein's theory of gravitation.--Frank, P.--The importance of Ernst Mach's philosophy of science for our times.--Frank, P. Ernst Mach and the unity of science.--Von Mises, R.--Ernst Mach and the empiricist conception of science.--Blüh, O. Ernst Mach, biographical data.--Blüh, O. and Merzkirch, W.F. Ernst Mach, bibliography