PřF:F9360 History of Physics - Course Information
F9360 History of Physics
Faculty of ScienceAutumn 2006
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. RNDr. Vladimír Štefl, CSc. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- doc. RNDr. Aleš Lacina, CSc.
Department of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics – Physics Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. RNDr. Vladimír Štefl, CSc. - Timetable
- Mon 12:00–13:50 Fs1 6/1017
- 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
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Physics (programme PřF, M-SS)
- Course objectives (in Czech)
- Cílem předmětu určeného studentům učitelské fyziky je podání uceleného informativního pohledu na vývoj fyziky a astronomie jako přírodních věd. V přednášce jsou rozebírány jednotlivé etapy historického vývoje obou věd, osou je střídání jednotlivých fyzikálních obrazů světa. V širších souvislostech je popisován význam fyziky pro rozvoj techniky a lidské společnosti vůbec.
- Syllabus
- 1. Evolution of physical and astronomical knowledge until Galileo Physical informations of antique civilization,ancient Greek and Roman. Physics of Arabian, Europe'middle ages and renaissance. 2. Evolution of physics within the framework mechanics Origin and development Galilei & s, Newton & s and Lagrange & s mechanics. 3. Evolution and boundary classsical physics Origin and development electrodynamics, optics, thermodynamics and statistical physics. Boundary of validity. 4. Origin and development theory of relativity Origin special and general theory of relativity.Philosophical problems. 5. Origin and development quantum physics. Origion and evolution of quantum theory, aplication in solid state, spectroscopy of atoms, moleculs. Atom physics.
- Literature
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2006, recent)
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