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Birth
Ernst Mach was born to Johann Mach and Josephine Lanhaus in what is today Brno, Czech Republic on Febraury 18, 1838. ( "Ernst Mach.”) "Ernst Mach.” Childhood, Life Achievements & Timeline, www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/ernst-mach-4770.php. -
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Ernst Mach
A podcast focusing on some of Mach's contributions to the collective idea of phenomenalism, and a movement of thought which influenced some of the greatest minds in the history of science. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZYo4wRGpig&t=2091s -
Marriage to Ludovica Marussig
Ernst married Ludovica and had 5 sons and 1 daughter. “Biografia De Ernst Mach.” FCUL, webpages.fc.ul.pt/~ommartins/seminario/economia/biografia.htm. -
Machs Principle
Although it was not a written work, Mach was credited by Phillip Frank for the ideas behind the physical origin of inertia. Although he did not believe in the theory of atoms, Mach did accept the phenomenon of intertia that sighted all the masses in the universe as somehow connected. This motion was connected to cosmic motion and distributed throughout all matter. “Ernst Mach.” Famous Scientists, www.famousscientists.org/ernst-mach/. -
‘The Science of Mechanics: A Critical and Historical Account of Its Development’
Influenced by Mach's naturalist philosophy, his research in the realm of physics greatly hinged on observational processes. One of his greatest works was The Science of Mechanics first published in 1883. The work critiqued Newton original theories on time and space, and would later influence Einsteins thoughts on relativity. “Ernst Mach.” Childhood, Life Achievements & Timeline, www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/ernst-mach-4770.php. -
Death
One of the greatest physicist, and philosophers of his time died one day after his 78th birthday. ( "Ernst Mach.”) "Ernst Mach.” Childhood, Life Achievements & Timeline, www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/ernst-mach-4770.php.
