PřF:FA120 History of Physics - seminar 2

FA120 History of Physics - seminar 2

Faculty of Science
Spring 2000

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 2 credit(s). 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

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

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

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