The circumstances surrounding the appointment of Ernst Mach to the physics chair at Prague University in 1867 Cover Image

Okolnosti povolání Ernsta Macha na profesuru fyziky na pražské univerzitě v roce 1867
The circumstances surrounding the appointment of Ernst Mach to the physics chair at Prague University in 1867

Author(s): Emilie Těšínská
Subject(s): Higher Education , 19th Century
Published by: AV ČR - Akademie věd České republiky - Masarykův ústav
Keywords: history of physics; Ernst Mach; Prague University; Prague Polytechnical Institute; chair of physics;

Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with Ernst Mach‘s application for the professorship of physics (lectured in German) at Prague Polytechnic Institute in 1866 and his consequent appointment to the post of Professor of Physics at Prague University in 1867.

  • Issue Year: 8/2016
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 1-32
  • Page Count: 32
  • Language: Czech