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The theoretical understanding of the world, which is the aim of philosophy, is not a matter of great practical importance to animals, or to savages, or even to most civilized men.
Ernst Mach
Born: February 18, 1838
Died: February 19, 1916 (aged 78)
Bio: Ernst Waldfried Josef Wenzel Mach was an Austrian physicist and philosopher, noted for his contributions to physics such as the Mach number and the study of shock waves.
Known for:
- The science of mechanics (1893)
- The Analysis of Sensations
- Knowledge and Error
- La connaissance et l'erreur
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