PřF:F9360 History of Physics - Course Information
F9360 History of Physics
Faculty of ScienceAutumn 2024
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching - Teacher(s)
- doc. RNDr. Vladimír Štefl, CSc. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- doc. RNDr. Vladimír Štefl, CSc.
Department of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics – Physics Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. RNDr. Vladimír Štefl, CSc.
Supplier department: Department of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics – Physics Section – Faculty of Science - Timetable
- Mon 9:00–10:50 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
- Students will be able to:
understanding of the discipline of history physics, its methods
identify major ideas development in history physics
understanding of connection between historical events and physics over time
understanding evolution of key historical physics theories - Learning outcomes
- The main outcome from learning of the course is understanding connections of historical interchange of the physical pictures of the world with predominant physical theories: mechanics, classical physics, theory relativity, quantum physics. Also student will be able to describe and evaluate the contribution of most prominent czech scientists to the development of physics.
- Syllabus
- 1. Evolution of physical and astronomical cognition until Galileo (physical knowledges of antique civilization, ancient Greek and Roman, physics of Arabian, Europe middle ages and renaissance
- 2. Evolution of physics in framework mechanics (origin and development Galilei's, Newton's and Lagrange's mechanics
- 3. Evolution and limit classical 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 (origin and evolution of quantum theory, application in solid state, spectroscopy of atoms, molecules, atom physics)
- 6. History of Czech physics
- Literature
- Teaching methods
- classical lectures
- Assessment methods
- final written test
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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