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Klappentext The 1895 English translation of twelve lectures given by the influential Austrian physicist Ernst Mach between 1864 and 1894. Zusammenfassung Austrian physicist Ernst Mach (1838–1916) gave the twelve lectures presented here between 1864 and 1894. This English translation appeared in 1895. Mach discusses a range of scientific topics, addressing electrostatics, the conservation of energy, and why humans have two eyes. The final four lectures are more philosophical in nature. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Translator's note; 1. The forms of liquids; 2. The fibres of corti; 3. On the causes of harmony; 4. The velocity of light; 5. Why has man two eyes?; 6. On symmetry; 7. On the fundamental concepts of electrostatics; 8. On the principle of the conservation of energy; 9. On the economical nature of physical inquiry; 10. On transformation and adaptation in scientific thought; 11. On the principle of comparison in physics; 12. In instruction in the classics and the mathematico-physical sciences; Index.

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• Authors: Ernst Mach
• Assisted by: Thomas J. Mccormack (Translation)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.01.2014
• EAN: 9781108066518
• ISBN: 978-1-108-06651-8
• No. of pages: 328
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general)