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Ernst Mach
Ernst Mach (1838–1916)
BornErnst Waldfried Josef Wenzel Mach
18 Februar 1838
Brno, Moravie, Austrick Empire (present day Czech republic)
Dee'd19 Februar 1916(1916-02-19) (aged 78)
Munich, German Empire
ResidenceAustrick Empire, German Empire
NaitionalityAustrick
CitizenshipAustrick
Alma materVarsity o Vienna
Kent forMach number
Mach's principle
Shock waves
Mach waves
Mach reflection effects
Mach band
Creeticism o Isaac Newton's bucket argument[1]
Mach diamonts
Empirio-creeticism
Relationism
Scientific career
FieldsPheesicist
InstitutionsVarsity o Graz
Charles Varsity (Prague)
Varsity o Vienna
Doctoral advisorAndreas von Ettingshausen
Doctoral studentsHeinrich Gomperz
Ottokar Tumlirz
Ither notable studentsAndrija Mohorovičić
InfluencesAndreas von Ettingshausen[2]
Gustav Fechner[3]
Carl Ludwig[4]
InfluencedVienna Circle
Russian Machism
Ludwig Boltzmann
Albert Einstein
Wolfgang Pauli
William James
Wilhelm Kienzl[5]
Pierre Duhem[6]
Signatur
Notes
He wis the godfaither o Wolfgang Pauli. The Mach–Zehnder interferometer is named efter his son Ludwig Mach, that wis an aw a pheesicist.

Ernst Waldfried Josef Wenzel Mach (German: [ˈɛɐ̯nst max]; 18 Februar 1838 – 19 Februar 1916) wis an Austrick[7] pheesicist an philosopher, noted for his contreibutions tae pheesics sic as study o shock waves.

References

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  1. Mach, E. (1960 [1883]), The Science of Mechanics, LaSalle, IL: Open Court Publishing, p. 284.
  2. "whonamedit.com, Ernst Waldfried Josef Wenzel Mach". Archived frae the original on 1 October 2015. Retrieved 29 Julie 2019.
  3. Jagdish Mehra, Helmut Rechenberg, The Historical Development of Quantum Theory, page 47
  4. stanford.edu, Ernst Mach First published Wed May 21, 2008; substantive revision Tue Apr 28, 2009, Mach interest in physiology, Johannes Peter Müller and his students, Ernst Brüke and Carl Ludwig, started a new school of physiology in 1840s.
  5. John T. Blackmore, Ernst Mach: His Work, Life, and Influence, 1972, p. 44.
  6. John T. Blackmore, Ernst Mach: His Work, Life, and Influence, 1972, p. 196.
  7. "Ernst Mach". Encyclopædia Britannica. 2016. Retrieved 6 Januar 2016.