Ernst Mach His Life, Work, and Influence.

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Blackmore, John T.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2021.
Sujets:
Mach, Ernst, > 1838-1916.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Chronology
  • Abbreviations
  • PART I. 1838-1895
  • CHAPTER 1. Childhood
  • CHAPTER 2. Young Scientist
  • CHAPTER 3. Philosophical Development
  • CHAPTER 4. Prague Professor
  • CHAPTER 5. Psychology
  • CHAPTER 6. Mack's Two Rectorates
  • CHAPTER 7. Theoretical Physics
  • CHAPTER 8. Mach Shock Waves
  • CHAPTER 9. Early Philosophical Influence
  • CHAPTER 10. Educational Theory and Textbooks
  • PART II. 1895-1916
  • CHAPTER 11. Return to Vienna
  • CHAPTER 12. Philosophy of Science
  • CHAPTER 13. World Influence: Philosophy
  • CHAPTER 14. Mach vs. Boltzmann, Planck, Stumpf, and Külpe
  • CHAPTER 15. Politics, Russia, and Vladimir Lenin
  • CHAPTER 16. Mach and Einstein
  • CHAPTER 17. Did Mach Finally Accept Einstein's Theory of Relativity?
  • CHAPTER 18. Mach and Buddhism
  • CHAPTER 19. Mack's Influence on Early Logical Positivism and on Quantum Theory
  • Appendix: Did Mach Finally Accept the Reality of Atoms?
  • Notes
  • A Select Bibliography
  • Index

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