Ernst Mach : his work, life, and influence / John T. Blackmore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blackmore, John T., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mach, Ernst, 1838-1916.

Mach, Ernst.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (444 p.) : 1 frontisp.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, California : University of California Press, [1972]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1972.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Chronology

Abbreviations

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

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

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780520325708

0520325702

OCLC:

1149412068