“obviously it matters little if we think of the earth as turning about on its axis, or if we view it at rest while the fixed stars revolve around it. Geometrically these are exacly the same case of a relative… — Ernst Mach Copy Share Image
Science itself, therefore, may be regarded as a minimal problem, consisting of the completest possible presentment of facts with the least possible expenditure of… — Ernst Mach Copy Share
In reality, the law always contains less than the fact itself, because it does not reproduce the fact as a whole but only in… — Ernst Mach Copy Share
The presentations and conceptions of the average man of the world are formed and dominated, not by the full and pure desire for knowledge… — Ernst Mach Copy Share
“To us investigators, the concept 'soul' is irrelevant and a matter for laughter.” — Ernst Mach Copy Share
Scientists must use the simplest means of arriving at their results and exclude everything not perceived by the senses. — Ernst Mach Copy Share
“But we must not forget that all things in the world are connected with one another and depend on one another, and that we… — Ernst Mach Copy Share
If our dreams were more regular, more connected, more stable, they would also have more practical importance for us. — Ernst Mach Copy Share
Mathematics may be defined as the economy of counting. There is no problem in the whole of mathematics which cannot be solved by direct… — Ernst Mach Copy Share
Strange as it may sound, the power of mathematics rests on its evasion of all unnecessary thought and on its wonderful saving of mental… — Ernst Mach Copy Share
The acquisition of the most elementary truth does not devolve upon the individual alone: it is pre-effected in the development of the race. — Ernst Mach Copy Share
The history of the development of mechanics is quite indispensable to a full comprehension of the science in its present condition. It also affords… — Ernst Mach Copy Share
The task which we have set ourselves is simply to show why and for what purpose we hold that standpoint during most of our… — Ernst Mach Copy Share
All this, the positive and physical essence of mechanics, which makes its chief and highest interest for a student of nature, is in existing… — Ernst Mach Copy Share
