F2130 Physics in alive nature

Faculty of Science
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Zdeněk Bochníček, Dr. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Zdeněk Bochníček, Dr.
Department of Plasma Physics and Technology – Physics Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. RNDr. Zdeněk Bochníček, Dr.
Supplier department: Department of Plasma Physics and Technology – Physics Section – Faculty of Science
Prerequisites (in Czech)
Fyzika na středoškolské úrovni
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The aim of this lecture is to present how the fundamental physical laws are realized in processes occurring in living nature and to describe a wide set of different consequences between our everyday experience and physical laws.
Learning outcomes
At the end of this course the student will be able to understand in many particular examples how the physical laws work in living nature.
Syllabus
  • Locomotion of overland animals, human walking and running.
  • Physical abilities of small and big animals.
  • Flying of insects and birds.
  • Locomotion in water and living under water.
  • Physical properties of water, surface tension and its role in living nature.
  • Sound, sound detectors, human ear and hearing.
  • Light as an electromagnetic radiation, physical limits for the selection of visible range, human eye, vision.
  • Ionizing radiation.
  • Energy sources for civilization.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Physics in biology and medicine. Edited by Paul Davidovits. 3rd ed. Boston: Elsevier/Academic Press, 2008, xviii, 328. ISBN 9780123694119. info
Teaching methods
Lecture with many experiments.
Assessment methods
Colloquium. Oral discussion in small group: two or three students and teacher. The teacher makes the classification according to correctness and perfection of the answers of an individual student.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Spring 2011 - only for the accreditation, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, spring 2012 - acreditation, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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