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Ernst Mach

1838 - 1916

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Ernst Waldfried Josef Wenzel Mach ( MAHK; Austrian German: [ˈɛrnst ˈmax] ; 18 February 1838 – 19 February 1916) was an Austrian physicist and philosopher, who contributed to the understanding of the physics of shock waves. The ratio of the speed of a flow or object to that of sound is named the Mach number in his honour. As a philosopher of science, he was a major influence on logical positivism and American pragmatism. Through his criticism of Isaac Newton's theories of space and time, he foreshadowed Albert Einstein's theory of relativity. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ernst Mach is the 80th most popular physicist (down from 54th in 2019), the 26th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 25th in 2019) and the most popular Czech Physicist.

Ernst Mach is most famous for his contributions to the field of physics. He is well known for his contributions to the study of sound and optics. He also made significant contributions to the fields of thermodynamics and mechanics.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Ernst Mach ranks 80 out of 851. Before him are Max von Laue, Johannes Diderik van der Waals, Edward Teller, James Chadwick, Hermann von Helmholtz, and Christian Doppler. After him are Manne Siegbahn, Luis Walter Alvarez, Victor Francis Hess, Gustaf Dalén, Allan MacLeod Cormack, and Johannes Stark.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1838, Ernst Mach ranks 4. Before him are John Wilkes Booth, Georges Bizet, and Liliʻuokalani. After him are Ferdinand von Zeppelin, Max Bruch, Tobias Asser, Jan Matejko, Edward W. Morley, Franz Brentano, Luís I of Portugal, and Émile Loubet. Among people deceased in 1916, Ernst Mach ranks 7. Before him are Franz Joseph I of Austria, Grigori Rasputin, Jack London, Henryk Sienkiewicz, William Ramsay, and Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener. After him are Élie Metchnikoff, Yuan Shikai, Charles Taze Russell, Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Odilon Redon, and Franz Marc.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Ernst Mach ranks 26 out of 1,200. Before him are Wilhelm Steinitz (1836), John of Nepomuk (1350), Ferdinand Porsche (1875), Karel Čapek (1890), Joseph Radetzky von Radetz (1766), and Miloš Forman (1932). After him are Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (1850), Edvard Beneš (1884), Jaroslav Hašek (1883), Joseph Schumpeter (1883), Albrecht von Wallenstein (1583), and Arthur Seyss-Inquart (1892).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Czechia

Among physicists born in Czechia, Ernst Mach ranks 1. After him are Peter Grünberg (1939), Christian Mayer (1719), Franz Josef Gerstner (1756), and Emil Wolf (1922).

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