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Birth
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Entered University of Vienna
At the age of 17 Mach began his college education -
Received Doctorate
Mach received his doctorate in Physics -
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Taught students
Mach taught physics and mechanics in this time period then became a professor of mathematics at the University of Graz -
Mach Bands
Mach discovered and Introduced a phenomena, dubbed Mach Bands, that is the tendency of the human eye to see light or dark bands near boundaries between areas of sharply differing illumination. -
Left Graz University
He left Graz University to become a professor in experimental physics at the University of Prague, where he stayed for the next 28 years. -
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Research and Development
In this time-span, Mach developed optical and photographic techniques for the measurement of sound waves and wave propagation. -
Mach Publishes a book
Mach hypothesized that all knowledge is derived from sensation. This meant that phenomena under scientific investigation can be understood only in terms of experiences present in the observation of the phenomena. He also proposed the Mach’s principlewhich stated that inertia results from a relationship of that object with all the rest of the matter in the universe. -
Breakthroughs
Mach established the principles of supersonics and the Mach number, which is the ratio of the velocity of an object to the velocity of sound. -
Return to his origins
Mach Returned to University of Vienna as a professor of inductive philosophy. -
Medical Issues
Mach suffered from a stroke which left the right side of his body paralyzed. -
Retirement
Mach retired from all research and development and was oppointed to the upper chamber of the Austrian parliament. -
Autobiography
Ernst Mach's Autobiography was published -
Back with family
Marred by poor health and the suicide of his son Heinrich, Mach moved to Vaterstetten near Munich to be with his eldest son Ludwig. -
Death
