Popular scientific lectures
by Ernst Mach
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Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. This book is printed in black & white, Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Reprinted in 2022 with the help of original edition published long back 1898. As this book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages. If it is multi vo Resized as per current standards. We expect that you will understand our compulsion with such books. 452 Popular scientific le...
Chapters (452)(click to expand)
- POPULAR SCIENTIFIC LECTURES.
- AUTHOR'S PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION.
- TRANSLATOR'S NOTE TO THE THIRD EDITION.
- TABLE OF CONTENTS.
- THE FORMS OF LIQUIDS.
- THE FIBRES OF CORTI.
- ON THE CAUSES OF HARMONY.
- THE VELOCITY OF LIGHT.
- WHY HAS MAN TWO EYES?
- ON SYMMETRY.
- ON THE FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS OF ELECTROSTATICS.[26]
- ON THE PRINCIPLE OF THE CONSERVATION OF ENERGY.[39]
- I. THE PRINCIPLE OF THE EXCLUDED PERPETUAL MOTION.
- II. MECHANICAL PHYSICS.
- III. THE PRINCIPLE OF ENERGY IN PHYSICS.
- IV. THE CONCEPTIONS OF HEAT.
- V. THE CONFORMITY IN THE DEPORTMENT OF THE ENERGIES.
- VI. THE DIFFERENCES OF THE ENERGIES AND THE LIMITS OF THE PRINCIPLE OF ENERGY.
- VII. THE SOURCES OF THE PRINCIPLE OF ENERGY.
- THE ECONOMICAL NATURE OF PHYSICAL INQUIRY.[60]
- ON TRANSFORMATION AND ADAPTATION IN SCIENTIFIC THOUGHT.[69]
- ON THE PRINCIPLE OF COMPARISON IN PHYSICS.[80]
- THE PART PLAYED BY ACCIDENT IN INVENTION AND DISCOVERY.[81]
- ON SENSATIONS OF ORIENTATION.[93]
- ON SOME PHENOMENA ATTENDING THE FLIGHT OF PROJECTILES.[110]
- ON INSTRUCTION IN THE CLASSICS AND THE SCIENCES.[113]
- APPENDIX.
- A CONTRIBUTION TO THE HISTORY OF ACOUSTICS.[134]
- REMARKS ON THE THEORY OF SPATIAL VISION.[147]
- INDEX.
- THE SCIENCE OF MECHANICS.
- TABLE OF CONTENTS.
- PRESS NOTICES.
- TESTIMONIALS OF PROMINENT EDUCATORS.
- POPULAR SCIENTIFIC LECTURES.
- TITLES OF THE LECTURES.
- PRESS NOTICES.
- THE ANALYSIS OF THE SENSATIONS
- CONTENTS.
- CATALOGUE OF PUBLICATIONS
- The Religion of Science Library.
- THE OPEN COURT
- THE MONIST
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