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020 _a9781107338449 (ebook)
020 _z9781108066525 (paperback)
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041 1 _aeng
_hger
050 4 _aQP443
_b.M3313 1906
082 0 4 _a153.7/52
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100 1 _aMach, Ernst,
_d1838-1916,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aSpace and Geometry in the Light of Physiological, Psychological and Physical Inquiry /
_cErnst Mach, Translated by Thomas J. McCormack.
246 3 _aSpace & Geometry in the Light of Physiological, Psychological & Physical Inquiry
264 1 _aPlace of publication not identified :
_bpublisher not identified,
_c1906.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press
300 _a1 online resource (x, 148 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aCambridge library collection. Physical sciences
500 _aIncludes index.
520 _aThe Austrian scientist Ernst Mach (1838-1916) carried out work of importance in many fields of enquiry, including physics, physiology, psychology and philosophy. Published in this English translation of 1906, these essays examine geometry from three different perspectives. Mach argues that, as our ideas about space are created by the senses and how we experience our environment, researchers must not consider the subject from a mathematical standpoint alone. In the first essay, he explains how humans generate spatial concepts. Next, he discusses the psychology of geometry, its empirical origins, and its development. In the final piece, he writes from the viewpoint of a physicist, outlining how various mathematicians, such as Carl Friedrich Gauss and Bernhard Riemann, have contributed to our geometrical understanding. Also reissued in this series in English translation are Mach's The Science of Mechanics (1893) and Popular Scientific Lectures (1895).
650 0 _aSpace perception.
650 0 _aGeometry
_xFoundations.
700 1 _aMcCormack, Thomas J.
_q(Thomas Joseph),
_d1865-1932,
_etranslator.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9781108066525
830 0 _aCambridge library collection.
_pPhysical sciences.
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107338449
999 _c514661
_d514659