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Ernst Mach was a Austrian physicists.
Ernst Mach was an Austrian philosoph and a great physicist. Named after him is the Mach- number, that describes the velocity in dependency of sound speed, the Mach- wave, which Mach could notice in front of and behind flying projectiles and the Mach- cone.
Besides he could prove the existence of the Doppler- effect in an experiment.
With his calculations and experiments he laid the foundations for Gasdynamics.
Some people call him the precursor for the theory of relativity.
Source: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Mach
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ortografie alternativă:
Mach, Ernst
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Curriculum vitae
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* 18.02.1838
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nǎscut
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1912
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Wien
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emer. Professor
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† 19.02.1916
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