Table of Contents

Ernst Mach — His Life as a Teacher and Thinker.- On Mach’s Contributions to the Analysis of Sensations.- Mach’s Contribution to the Development of Gas Dynamics.- On Mach’s Curiosity about Shockwaves.- Ernst Mach and Contemporary Physics.- The Genesis of Mach’s Early Views on Atomism.- Mathematical Implications of Mach’s Ideas: Positivistic Geometry, The Clarification of Functional Connections.- Ernst Mach: Physics, Perception and the Philosophy of Science.- Mach, Einstein and the Search for Reality.- Mach’s Principle and Einstein’s Theory of Gravitation.- Appendices.- A. The Importance of Ernst Mach’S Philosophy of Science for Our Times.- B. Ernst Mach and the Unity of Science.- C. Ernst Mach and the Empiricist Conception of Science.- D. Ernst Mach: Biographical Data.- E. Ernst Mach: Bibliography.- Index of Names.