Ernst Mach; His Work, Life, and Influence |
Contents
Childhood | 3 |
Young Scientist | 13 |
Philosophical Development | 26 |
Prague Professor | 38 |
Machs Two Rectorates | 73 |
Mach Shock Waves | 105 |
Early Philosophical Influence | 116 |
Educational Theory and Textbooks | 132 |
Philosophy of Science | 164 |
Mach vs Boltzmann Planck Stumpf and Külpe | 204 |
Politics Russia and Vladimir Lenin | 232 |
Machs Influence on Early Logical Positivism and | 300 |
Mach Finally Accept | 319 |
A Select Bibliography | 361 |
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