Springer, 1970. — 295 p.
The contributors to this volume, mostly physicists, represent different backgrounds and differing points of view on life and science of famous physicist and philosopher Ernst Mach. The book presents the review of Mach's work primarily in the light of subsequent developments.
Ernst Mach - His Life as a Teacher and Thinker (by Otto Bluth).
On Mach's Contributions to the Analysis of Sensations (by Floyd Ratliff).
Mach's Contribution to the Development of Gas Dynamics (by Wolfgang F. Merzkirch).
On Mach’s Curiosity about Shockwaves (by Raymond J. Seeger).
Ernst Mach and Contemporary Physics (by Peter G. Bergmann).
The Genesis of Mach's Early Views on Atomism (by Erwin N. Hiebert).
Mathematical Implications of Mach's Ideas: Positivistic Geometry, The Clarification of Functional Connections (by Karl Menger).
Ernst Mach: Physics, Perception and the Philosophy of Science (by Robert S. Cohen).
Mach, Einstein, and the Search for Reality (by Gerald J. Holton).
Mach's Principle and Einstein's Theory of Gravitation (by Hubert Goenner).
The Importance of Ernst Mach's Philosophy of Science for Our Times (by Philipp Frank).
Ernst Mach and the Unity of Science (by Philipp Frank).
Ernst Mach and the Empiricist Conception of Science (by Richard von Mises).
Ernst Mach: Biographical Data (by Otto Bluth).
Ernst Mach: Bibliography (by Otto Bluth and Wolfgang F. Merzkirch).