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About Ernst Mach
Ernst Waldfried Josef Wenzel Mach was an Austrian physicist and philosopher who contributed to the understanding of the physics of shock waves. The ratio of the speed of a flow or object to that of sound is named the Mach number in his honor. As a philosopher of science, he was a major influence on logical positivism and American pragmatism. Through his criticism of Isaac Newton's theories of space and time, he foreshadowed Albert Einstein's theory of relativity.
Everything about Ernst Mach →- Occupation
- physicist, philosopher, pedagogue, professor
- Position held
- Member of the House of Lords (Austria), Rector of Charles University
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Bohemia
- Born
- February 18, 1838
- Died
- February 19, 1916