Mathematician:Ernst Waldfried Josef Wenzel Mach

Mathematician
Physicist and philosopher of the Austrian empire.

Noted for his study of shock waves.

Major influence on logical positivism and American pragmatism.

Through his criticism of, a forerunner of 's Theory of Relativity.

Nationality
Czech (at the time part of the Austrian Empire)

History

 * Born: February 18, 1838 in Brno, Moravia, Austrian Empire (now Czechia)
 * Died: February 19, 1916 in Munich, German Empire

Theorems and Definitions

 * Mach Number

Publications

 * 1883: The Science of Mechanics
 * 1897: The Analysis of Sensations

Notable Quotes

 * Strange as it may sound, the power of mathematics rests on its evasion of all unnecessary thought and on its wonderful saving of mental operations.
 * -- Quoted in : They Say: What Say They? : Let Them Say