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9781108066518: Popular Scientific Lectures
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ISBN 10: 1108066518 ISBN 13: 9781108066518
Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2014

Sinossi

The 1895 English translation of twelve lectures given by the influential Austrian physicist Ernst Mach between 1864 and 1894.

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Descrizione del libro

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.

Contenuti

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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Editore
Cambridge University Press
Data di pubblicazione
2014
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
1108066518
ISBN 13 
9781108066518
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
328
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
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