Ernst Mach
1838 – 1916 · aged 78
Austrian physicist (1838–1916)
- Born
- 18 Feb 1838 · Brno-Chrlice
- Died
- 19 Feb 1916 · Vaterstetten
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- 18 Feb 1838BornBorn in Brno-Chrlice
- 1879 – 1880RoleRector of Charles University
- 1886AwardHonorary member of the Physics Association (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
- 1901RoleMember of the House of Lords (Austria)
- 1905AwardBavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art
- 19 Feb 1916DiedDied in Vaterstetten
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- 1853 – 1856Crimean War
- 1857 – 1858Indian Rebellion of 1857
- 1870 – 1871Franco-Prussian War
- 18961896 Summer Olympics
- 1898Spanish–American War
- 1904 – 1905Russo-Japanese War
- 1914 – 1918World War I
- 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
Biography
Ernst Waldfried Josef Wenzel Mach ( MAHK; Austrian German: [ˈɛrnst ˈmax] ; 18 February 1838 – 19 February 1916) 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. (Riegler, 2012, pp. 235–256).
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