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Birth
Born February 18, 1838 in Brno- Chrlice, Austria -
Austrian Physicist
Ernst Mach was home schooled until the age of 14. At the age of 17 he attended the University of Vienna. In 1860 he obtained a doctorate degree in physics. Ernst became a professor of mathematics at the University of Graz (Britannica, n.d) -
Super Sonic Principles
In 1887 Ernst Mach established the principles we use today for supersonic and mach velocities. Ernst Mach over a 28 year period studied kinesthetic sensation and the association between velocity and sound. -
Science Philosopher
As a science philosopher he was a major influence in the neopositivism movement. The neopositivism movement that was centralized around the verification principle. The verification principle was a theory that only knowledge that could be verified through observation and proof would be considered meaningful information . -
Science Philosopher
The verification principle was a very important in science because it allowed verify many ideas of philosophies that were absurd. A reason that the verification principle would fail is because of theories that could not be verified but still were important. For example the theory of relativity by Albert Einstein that could not be verified by the senses but was still scientific information that was meaningful. -
Ernst Mach Philosophy Video
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Death
Died 19 February 1916 at age 78 in Munich, German Empire