Research Catalog

Title

Ernst Mach, physicist and philosopher / edited by Robert S. Cohen and Raymond J. Seeger.

Publication

Dordrecht : Reidel, [1970]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Cohen, R. S. (Robert Sonné)
• Seeger, Raymond John, 1906-
• American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Description

viii, 295 pages : illustrations, portrait; 23 cm.

Series Statement

• Boston studies in the philosophy of science, v. 6
• Synthese library

Uniform Title

• Synthese library.
• Boston studies in the philosophy of science ; v. 6.

Subject

• Mach, Ernst, 1838-1916 > Influence
• Mach, Ernst, 1838-1916
• Physics > Philosophy
• Science > Philosophy
• Physicists > Biography
• Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
• Physicists

Genre/Form

Biography.

Note

• 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.

Contents

Ernst Mach, his life as a teacher and thinker / Otto Blüh-- On Mach's contributions to the analysis of sensations / Floyd Ratliff -- Mach's contribution to the development of gas dynamics / Wolfgang F. Merzkirch -- On Mach's curiosity about shockwaves / Raymond J. Seeger -- Ernst Mach and contemporary physics / Peter G. Bergmann -- The genesis of Mach's early views on atomism / Erwin N. Hiebert -- Mathematical implications of Mach's ideas / Karl Menger-- Ernst Mach, physics, perception and the philosophy of science / Robert S. Cohen -- Mach, Einstein and the search for reality / Gerald J. Holton -- Mach's principle and Einstein's theory of gravitation / Hubert Goenner -- The importance of Ernst Mach's philosophy of science for our times / Philipp Frank -- Ernst Mach and the unity of science / Philipp Frank -- Ernst Mach and the empiricist conception of science / Richard von Mises -- Ernst Mach, biographical data / Otto Blüh -- Ernst Mach, bibliography / Otto Blüh and Wolfgang F. Merzkirch.

Call Number

OA (Boston studies in the philosophy of science. v. 6)

LCCN

71554526

OCLC

136559

Title

Ernst Mach, physicist and philosopher / edited by Robert S. Cohen and Raymond J. Seeger.

Imprint

Dordrecht : Reidel, [1970]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Boston studies in the philosophy of science, v. 6

Synthese library

Synthese library.

Boston studies in the philosophy of science ; v. 6.

Added Author

Cohen, R. S. (Robert Sonné), editor.

Seeger, Raymond John, 1906- editor.

American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Other Form:

Online version: Ernst Mach, physicist and philosopher. Dordrecht, Reidel [1970] (OCoLC)608574569

Research Call Number

OA (Boston studies in the philosophy of science. v. 6)