Popular Scientific Lectures
Published on 23. January 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
328 pages
978-1-108-06651-8 (ISBN)
Description
The 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.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
44 Line drawings, unspecified
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
464 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-108-06651-8 (9781108066518)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
Preface; Translator's note; 1. The forms of liquids; 2. The fibres of corti; 3. On the causes of harmony; 4. The velocity of light; 5. Why has man two eyes?; 6. On symmetry; 7. On the fundamental concepts of electrostatics; 8. On the principle of the conservation of energy; 9. On the economical nature of physical inquiry; 10. On transformation and adaptation in scientific thought; 11. On the principle of comparison in physics; 12. In instruction in the classics and the mathematico-physical sciences; Index.