Ernst Mach
Ernst Waldfried Josef Wenzel Mach ( ; February 18, 1838 – February 19, 1916) was an Austrian physicist and philosopher, noted for his contributions to physics such as the Mach number and the study of shock waves. As a philosopher of science, he was a major influence on logical positivism and through his criticism of Newton, a forerunner of Einstein's relativity.
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“Physics is experience, arranged in economical order.”
—Ernst Mach (1838–1916)