Popular scientific lectures Part 22

On Sensations of Orientation.

On the Relative Educational Value of the Cla.s.sics and the Mathematico-Physical Sciences.

A Contribution to the History of Acoustics.

Remarks on the Theory of Spatial Vision.

On Transformation and Adaptation in Scientific Thought.

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"Truly remarkable in the insight they give into the relations.h.i.+p of the various fields cultivated under the name of Physics.... A vein of humor is met here and there reminding the reader of Heaviside, never offending one's taste. These features, together with the lightness of touch with which Mr. McCormack has rendered them, make the volume one that may be fairly called rare. The spirit of the author is preserved in such attractive, really delightful, English that one is a.s.sured nothing has been lost by translation."--Prof. Henry Crew, in The Astrophysical Journal.

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"In his translation Mr. McCormack has well preserved the frank, simple, and pleasing style of this famous lecturer on scientific topics. Professor Mach deals with the live facts, the salient points of science, and not with its mysticism or dead traditions. He uses the simplest of ill.u.s.trations and expresses himself clearly, tersely, and with a delightful freshness that makes entertaining reading of what in other hands would be dull and prosy."--Engineering News, N. Y.

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THE a.n.a.lYSIS OF THE SENSATIONS By DR. ERNST MACH.

PROFESSOR OF THE HISTORY AND THEORY OF INDUCTIVE SCIENCE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA.

Pages, 208. Ill.u.s.trations, 37. Indexed.

(Price, Cloth, $1.25.) CONTENTS.

Introductory: Antimetaphysical.

The Chief Points of View for the Investigation of the Senses.

The s.p.a.ce-Sensations of the Eye.

s.p.a.ce-Sensation, Continued.

The Relations of the Sight-Sensations to One Another and to the Other Psychical Elements.

The Sensation of Time.

The Sensation of Sound.

Influence of the Preceding Investigations on the Mode of Conceiving Physics.

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