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020 _a9781107338432 (ebook)
020 _z9781108066518 (paperback)
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041 1 _aeng
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050 4 _aQC71
_b.M15 2014
082 0 4 _a530
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100 1 _aMach, Ernst,
_d1838-1916,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aPopular scientific lectures /
_cErnst Mach ; translated by Thomas J. McCormack.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2014.
300 _a1 online resource (313 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 _aOriginally published: Chicago : The Open Court Publishing Company, 1895.
520 _aThe Austrian scientist Ernst Mach (1838-1916) carried out work of importance in many fields of enquiry, including physics, physiology, psychology and philosophy. Many significant thinkers, such as Ludwig Wittgenstein and Bertrand Russell, benefited from engaging with his ideas. Mach delivered the twelve lectures collected here between 1864 and 1894. This English translation by Thomas J. McCormack (1865-1932) appeared in 1895. Mach tackles a range of topics in an engaging style, demonstrating his abilities as both a researcher and a communicator. In the realm of the physical sciences, he discusses electrostatics, the conservation of energy, and the speed of light. He also addresses physiological matters, seeking to explain aspects of the hearing system and why humans have two eyes. In the final four lectures, he deals with the nature of scientific study. The Science of Mechanics (1893), Mach's historical and philosophical account, is also reissued in this series.
650 0 _aPhysics.
700 1 _aMcCormack, Thomas J.
_q(Thomas Joseph),
_d1865-1932,
_etranslator.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9781108066518
830 0 _aCambridge library collection.
_pPhysical sciences.
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107338432
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