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Ernst Waldfried Josef Wenzel Mach was born.
In Moravia, Austrian Empire at the time, now a place currently known as a southern portion of the Czech Republic. -
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Ernst Mach Goes to University.
Here he studied at the University of Vienna for about six years where he not only earned his degree in Physics, but would eventually return actually to teach philosophy. As well as being a major influence on the Vienna Circle, a group that met there to discuss and make many breakthroughs in philosophy. Here's the link to more interesting facts!!
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Ernst Mach's influence on Albert Einstein
The man to whom the credit goes for the study and discovery, while being gifted of his name applied to super-sonic speed. Ernst Mach did more than just work on super-sonic speed but from his work on criticizing Issac Newton’s Theories on Space in time, he would inspire Albert Einstein who accredited to him the influence theory of relativity. Picture from: https://www.americanscientist.org/article/the-forgotten-mystery-of-inertia -
Ernst Waldfried Josef Wenzel Mach passed away.
Near Munich, at the ripe and full age of 72. -
In Philosophy: The Buddha of Science
To his credit in our department is the addition his the Analysis of Sensations, his work in the use of phenomenalism applied to the study of ego and so made quite an impression on an Austrian Scientist named Heinrich Gomperz who called him the “Buddha of Science”. Blackmore, John T. (1972). Ernst Mach. His Life, Work, and Influence. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. OCLC 534406. OL 4466579M. -
References: Thanks to all of these sources!!
Pojman, Paul, "Ernst Mach", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Spring 2019 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2019/entries/ernst-mach/ The editors of Britannica, “Ernst Mach,
AUSTRIAN PHYSICIST”, Encyclopedia Brittanica, 1998 - Last edited 2018, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ernst-Mach Mach, Ernst, Smithsonian Institute Libraries, 1865-1918, The Mach Papers, https://library.si.edu/digital-library/book/ernstmachpapers00mach
