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Ernst Mach: Physicist and Philosopher

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  • © 1970

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Editors:
  1. Robert S. Cohen

    1. Boston University, USA

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  2. Raymond J. Seeger

    1. U.S. National Science Foundation, USA

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Part of the book series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science (BSPS, volume 6)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages N3-VIII
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  2. Ernst Mach — His Life as a Teacher and Thinker

    • Otto Blüh
    Pages 1-22

  3. On Mach’s Contributions to the Analysis of Sensations

    • Floyd Ratliff
    Pages 23-41

  4. Mach’s Contribution to the Development of Gas Dynamics

    • Wolfgang F. Merzkirch
    Pages 42-59

  5. On Mach’s Curiosity about Shockwaves

    • Raymond J. Seeger
    Pages 60-68

  6. Ernst Mach and Contemporary Physics

    • Peter G. Bergmann
    Pages 69-78

  7. The Genesis of Mach’s Early Views on Atomism

    • Erwin N. Hiebert
    Pages 79-106

  8. Mathematical Implications of Mach’s Ideas: Positivistic Geometry, the Clarification of Functional Connections

    • Karl Menger
    Pages 107-125

  9. Ernst Mach: Physics, Perception and the Philosophy of Science

    • Robert S. Cohen
    Pages 126-164

  10. Mach, Einstein, and the Search for Reality

    • Gerald J. Holton
    Pages 165-199

  11. Mach’s Principle and Einstein’s Theory of Gravitation

    • Hubert Goenner
    Pages 200-215

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 217-298
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About this book

At the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Washington, D.C., 27 December 1966, a symposium was held to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death of Ernst Mach, the physicist who was vitally concerned about philosophical foundations. It was arranged by Section B on Physics, and co-sponsored by Section L on the History and Philosophy of Science, as well as by the History of Science Society. Dr. Allen W. Astin, Vice-President of the Association and Director of the National Bureau of Standards, presided. Representing the Austrian ambassador, Dr. Ernst Lemberger, a few opening remarks on his behalf were made by Dr. Walter Hietsch. Also present was Dr. Ernest A. Lederer, a grandson of Ernst Mach. The contributors, to the symposium, mostly physicists, represented different backgrounds and differing points of view; they presented their review of Mach's work primarily in the light of subsequent developments. They all, however, share a common interest in the life and works of Ernst Mach. Two of them, Otto BlUh and Peter G. Bergmann, received their doctoral degrees in theoretical physics from the University of Prague. Karl Menger received his doctoral degree in mathematics from the University of Vienna (he is responsible for the latest edition [1960] of Mach's celebrated The Science of Mechanics: A Critical and Historical Account of its Development, for which he prepared a new Introduction).

Editors and Affiliations

  • Boston University, USA

    Robert S. Cohen

  • U.S. National Science Foundation, USA

    Raymond J. Seeger

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Ernst Mach: Physicist and Philosopher

  • Editors: Robert S. Cohen, Raymond J. Seeger

  • Series Title: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1462-4

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1970

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-0016-2Published: 31 December 1975

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-8318-0Published: 30 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-1462-4Published: 09 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0068-0346

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-7942

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 298

  • Topics: Philosophy of Science

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