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Luegcr, Karl (Continuai)

tctnptcd tu picssurc thc Uniscrsity of Vicnna, 235

Lunacharsky, Anatoly: Russian Machist, 240; menńoncd, 242, 246 Lundcnburg (Austria): Ernst Machs first mcmnr>' was of, 5

Luthcr, Martin: Mach’s Iow opinion of, 291

McCormack, Thomas J.: translatcd Mach’s Science of Mcchanics into English, 128-129

Mach, Adam Wenzel: marriage, 3 Mach anglc: cquaiion formulatcd, 112;

origin of namc of, 1x3 Mach, Anna Karma (sccond wifc of Ludwig Mach): related husband’s dcstruc-tion of Mach manuscripts, 285 Mach bands: Mach’ł work on, 48-51; first invcstigatcd at Graz, 25; related work of Purkync at Praguc, 39; Mach’s in-vcstigations ncglcctcd, 49, and redis-covcrcd in latc 1890’s, 49-50 Mach Bands (a book by Floyd RatlifT): contains English translations of Mach’s artides, 51

Mach-Boltzmann “Thirty Ycars War." See Boltzmann, Ludwig Mach bridge. See Diagram four Mach, Carolina. See Lcdcrcr, Carolina Mach, Carolin Maddcinc. See Gcncalogy in front of book

Mach colony (a Mach-oricntcd student group in Zurich): description of, 189-190; discussion betwcen Einstein and StoitschefT, 190

Mach conc. See Diagram sevcn Mach critcrion: spurious origin of, xii Machc, H,: Vicnna student disturbed by philosophical difTercnce betwcen Mach 3nd Boltzmann, 209 Mach effect: mentioned, 107-108 Mach-Einstcin corrcspondence: 1909 lel-ter and postu rd to Mach, 252-253, 267-268; 1913 letter to Mach, 254-255, 275: X9X4<?) letter to Mach, 254-255. 276; footnote refcrenccs to Hcr-neck’6 published artides on, 347. 348, 35®. 352. 353. 355

Mach-Einstein rcbtionship. See Einstein, Albert

Mach. Ernst (fuli mmc: Ern»t Waldfried Joseph Wenzel Mach):

—Life of: childhood, 5-12; carly school-ing, 8 12; Vicnna student, 13 15; Vi-cnna privatdozcnt, 21-24; Graz pro-fessor, 24-25; Praguc professor, 38-46; first Praguc rectoratc, 73-76; William James’s visit to Praguc, 76-77; second Praguc rectoratc, 77-80; opposition to aati-Scinilum, 80-83; vi.'it to Paris and Mclscn\’s Iccturc, 105; Dortmund speech, 136; laboratory pcrsonality problem*, 44-46, 145-148; impact of son*s suicide, 148-149; transfer to Vi-enna, 149-154; Vicnna professor, 154— 163; paralysis, 162-163, 180, 271-273; Vicnna retirement, 180-181, 207, 223, 271-272; transfer to Vatcrstcttcn (Ba-varia), 272-273; farcwcll letter 10 thc Austrian Acadcmy of Science, 273; Va-terstetten retirement, 272-279; death and burial, 279

—Most important friends of. See Friedrich and Viktor Adler; Avcnarius; Bccr; Brauner; Carus; Cornclius; Cou-turat; Cranz; Dingler; Dvo?ik; Du-hem; Engclmcycr; Foppl; Frank; Heinrich and Theodor Gomperz; llcgclcr; Hering; Herrmann; James; Jaumann; Jemen; Jerusalcm; Klcinpctcr; Kris-chck; Kulkę; Lampa; Loeb; Lowie; McCormack; Marty; Ostwald; Pcarson; Petzoldt; Popper-Lynkeus; Salcher; Schuppe; Stallo; Tschcrmak; Wald

—Most important univcrsity students of. See Brauner; Dvo?£k; Jaumann; Kienzl; Kolaick; Mauthner; Pick; Strouhal; Wald; Wosyka

—Hutorian of sdcncc: carly interest in subjcct, 14, 33; historical approach a way to avoid "metaphysics," 33; pub-lished book on thc history of mcchanics (Science of Mcchanics), 76-77; critique of Ncwton’s ideas, 90-104; usefulness of a historical approach in both teach-ing and writing, 133-134. 138-139. 172; no place for history in end-scicncc, 172; published two books on thc history of thermodynamics (Con-serration of Energy and Principles of Heat Theory), 116, 157; bclicvcd in 3ritiquity of first law of thermodynam-ia, 85; widc influence of Mach*s history books, 255; praiscd by Lowie, 270-271; criticizcd by Planck, 219; by Trevor, 157-158: influcnced William James, 127; undersalued mcdieval sci-

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coce, 196; publishcd book on ihc prc-history of mcchanics (Culturę and Mcchanics), 181; posthumous book publishcd in thc history of optics (The Principia, oj Phytical Optics), i8t

—Litcrary style of: supplc and łimpid, 68; clTcctivc and rcadablc, 157; scorned by Wittgenttein, 184-185

—Philosophical dcvclopment of: windmill cxpcricncc, 7-8; rcad Kant's Prolegomena. io-ti; attractcd to Fechncr’s wrilings, 14-15, 25, 27-30; rcad Berkeley, Herbart, and Lichtenbcrg, 26-27; Herrmann influrnerd Marh's theory of cconomy, 26-37: rcad Schopenhauer, 355; rcjected Christianity, 37; rcjccted rcality of atom*, 34; ego, 35; developcd theory of elcmcnts, 65-66; * ncutral monism," 63-65; claborated ideas on spacc and limę, 66-68; on phenomcnal-istic categorics, 63-68; rcad thc books of Carus and Mauthner on Buddhism, 129; dcve!opcd his philosophy and mcthodology of science, 156, 165—179; Mach influcnccd by thc ideas of geometry and convcntionalism of Hugo Din-gier, 264-267; influcnccd by Chinrsc and Indian thought, 286-288; "intro-duccd into thc understanding of Rnd-dhism," 289

—Philosophical influence of. Sec America; Austria; Czechoslovakia; F.nghnd; France; Germany; Italy; Russia; Swit-zerland. See aho Abb; Friedrich Adler; Altmann; Bahr; Bazarov; Reer; Besso; Bogdanov; Boltzmann; Bonntau; Carnap; Carus; ClifTord; Cornclius; Coutuut; Crocc; Dingler; Duhrm; F.in-stcin; Engclmcycr; Filippov; Foppl; Frank; Fred; Freud; Heinrich and Theodor Gomperz; Cottesmann; Hahn: Hayek; Hcgcler; Hertz; Hofmannsthal; Holt; Jiiger; James; Jaumann: Jerusa-leni; Jollos; Jordan; Kern; Kleinpctrr; Kraft; Kiilpc; Laeinmcl; Lampa; Lcist-ner; Lenzen; Lesintor; Locb; Lowie. Lunacharsky; Mauthner; Muul; Neu* rath; Nietzsche; Nochotowich; Ostwald; Pcarson; Perry; Petzoldt; P«ck; Planck; Poincaić; Popper I.ynkcus; Russell; Scharwin; Schlick; Schnitzlcr; Schrodinger; Spann; Stuhr; Stoitschev; Thirring; Titchcncr; Valentinov; Wald: Wittgenttein; Willy; Wlassak

—Philosophical opponents. Sec Bahr;

Boltzmann; Boring; Boro; Brema*,-Bunge; Du Ro„-Re>mood; Einstein, He rnholtz; Hofler; HónigiwaH; Hus-

^lłr ’ ^Ku1P^€; ^Unifl: Lpps; Maiss; Meit-ner; Petree; Planck; Rohlmg; Stefan-Slumpf

—Political orientation of: father a "free-thinkcr.' 10; opposcd nanonalum. 40, 78; tried to remain unpolińal, 39-40; opposcd to "reactionaucs,” 78-79; gaincd reputation as defender of Cer. nun rights against Czechs, 75. 154; ₀p-posed anii-Semitism, 80-83; Jppointed to Austrian House of Peers. 180; voted for election reform bill and foe limiting working bours of miners, 235; political ideas half locialist. half individualist, 232-234; opposcd “imperialism" and wars, 233; interested in ideas of Josef Dietzgen, 235; blamrd hutnaa egodsm morc than "capitalism" for economic incąualities, 234; neser publically com-mented on World War I, 279

—Religious opposition to. See Religion

—Scientific equipment used by: instrument to rrcasure Doppler ellect. 18; sperial pendulum, light refneting de-vice, and polarization apparatus, 41; wave machinę, 41; Mach band color disk, 49; cenmfuge to meaiure motor sensations, 52; instrument to photo-graph shock waves, 109-110

—Scientific work of. See Acoostics; Aa-thropology; Ballutics; Blood pressure cxperiments; Chemistry; Doppler tbc-ory; Elcctricity': Fechner’* loganthmic law; Hallucinations; Gas dynam ks; Gestalt psychology; Labyrinih; Mach bands; Microphotographr; Motor sensations: Non-Eudidcan geometry; Cp-tics; Photography; Psychology: Physiol-ogy; Psychophysics; Scmidrcular canals; Shock waves; Soot atperiments; Spark svavcs; Spcctroscopy; Stereoscopy; X-rays

Mach, Ernst (son of Walther Mach). See Gcnealogy in front of book

Mach, Felix (Mach*l third soa); not en-couraged !o altend a uniscrsity, 149: bccamc an a ca demie painter, 223; did diagrams and drawing* for his fatberb books and artides. 371: aidcd Ludwig Mach in his light esperiment*. 3S3

Mach hcadwasc. Sre Dogram wseo; Shock wases

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