C9520 History of Chemistry

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2010 - only for the accreditation
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 1 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Slávka Janků, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
RNDr. Slávka Janků, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry – Chemistry Section – Faculty of Science
Prerequisites (in Czech)
Znalosti ze základních chemických disciplin.
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
At the end of the course students should be able to understand historical continuity at development of chemical disciplines. They should understand in which way the individual science disciplines were gradually separated and how the present point of view to chemistry was formed. As one of the target's groups are students of chemistry teacher's specialization it is expected that those would be able use the earned information at teaching of pupils of primary and secondary schools. They would learn to interpret the earned knowledge understandably to their next pupils by creation of their own presentations on chosen topic.
Syllabus
  • 1. The importance of the chemistry for the society 1.1 Origins of the civilization, human formation and evolution, human society formation 1.2 The position of the chemistry in the society 1.3 Formation of the specialized technologies 1.4 Philosophy formation 1.5 Formation of the chemistry as a science 1.6 The relationship between essential chemistry and commercial chemistry 1.7 Information sources, information processing 2. Prehistoric chemistry 3. Ancient world chemistry,ceramics, calligraphy, metallurgy and Bronze Age and Iron Age 4. Spiritual and allegorical Alchemy, Middle Ages, Oriental and Arabic civilization 5. Chemistry begins to emerge as a science, iatrochemistry, Boyle's Law 6. Modern chemistry is born, the chemistry begins to specialize and helps farming and industry 7. The actual state in the chemistry development, future
Literature
  • PICHLER, Jiří. Historie chemie. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1997, 62 s. ISBN 8021015012. info
  • BUDIŠ, Josef. Stručný přehled historie chemie. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1996, 54 s. ISBN 8021014636. info
  • BUDIŠ, Josef, Milan HAMINGER, Luděk JANČÁŘ, Lenka KACETLOVÁ, Gabriela MAČKOVÁ and Bohunka MAREČKOVÁ. Historie chemie slovem a obrazem (History of Chemistry In Written and Illustrated Form). Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1995, 100 pp. ISBN 80-210-1080-0. info
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
The course is closed by a written examination accompanied with oral discussion.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Autumn 1999, Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2011 - acreditation, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2020, autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.