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Born
Ernst Waldfried Josef Wenzel Mach was born in Moravia. -
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Physics Education
Mach studied Physics at the University of Vienna -
Mach's Bands
Mach proposed that the outer edges of a gradient and the thin inner created an optical illusion. Mach insisted that the brain is not only responsible for processing stimuli, but that our senses are responsible for some of the work. He maintained that the constant stimuli would receive less awareness and that which changes will be brought into the equilibrium. https://youtu.be/4ZEn7QUqKIM -
Popular Scientific Lectures
Mach, Ernst. Popular Scientific Lectures. La Salle, Ill: The Open Court Pub. Co, 1895 -
The Analysis of Sensations
Mach, Ernst. The Analysis of Sensations, and the Relation of the Physical to the Psychical. Open Court, 1914 -
The Science of Mechanics
Mach, Ernst. The Science of Mechanics: A Critical and Historical Account of Its Development. Lasalle Ill.: Open Court, 1915 -
Death
Mach died in Munich -
The Principles of Physical Optics
Mach, Ernst. The Principles of Physical Optics: An Historical and Philosophical Treatment. New York: Dover Publication, 1926 -
Knowledge and Error
Mach, Ernst. Knowledge and Error: Sketches on the Psychology of Enquiry. Dordrecht: Reidel, 1976 -
Principles of the Theory of Heat
Mach, Ernst. Principles of the Theory of Heat: Historically and Critically Elucidated. Place of publication not identified: Springer, 2013
