PřF:FA120 History of Physics - seminar 2

FA120 History of Physics - seminar 2

Faculty of Science
Spring 2011

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 1 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

doc. RNDr. Vladimír Štefl, CSc. (lecturer)

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Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

Course objectives

Students should be able to understand and deeper analyze historical evolution of crucial physical theories, see programme.

Syllabus

The role of history of physics in teaching physics
Physical and astronomical knowledge in ancient Greece. Ptolemy's geocentric theory
Copernicus' heliocentric theory
Galileo's mechanics. Definition of the fundamental terms in the Newton mechanics
Stability of the solar system and the three body problem
The principles of the particle and wave theory of light.The field conceptions of Faraday and Maxwell
The special and the general theory of relativity. Origin, consequences and verification
Photoelectric and Compton effects. Black Body Radiation, the relations
Classical theories of atomic structure, interpretation of the spectrum
Formulations of the quantum theory
Artificial radioactivity, transmutations of elements
Discovery of galaxies. Hubble's law

Literature

Rogers, E.M.: Physics for the Inquiring Mind. The Methods, Nature and Phylosophy of Physical Science. Princeton University Press, Princeton 1966.
Cooper, L.N.: An Introduction to the Meaning and Structure of Physics. Harper and Row Publishers, New York 1970.
TRIGG, George L. Rešajuščije eksperimenty v sovremennoj fizike. Edited by I. S. Aleksejev, Translated by A. V. Davydov - G. V. Daniljan. Moskva: Mir, 1974, 159 s. info

Teaching methods

class discussion, individual presentations by students, deeper knowledges of select physical theories

Assessment methods

individual presentatitons by students, final orall colloquium

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.