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Roots of Modern Physics and Astronomy I. - YBF3013ZI

Title:	Základní pojmy moderní fyziky a astronomie I.
Guaranteed by:	Programme SHV - Philosophical Module (24-FM)
Faculty:	Faculty of Humanities
Actual:	from 2019
Semester:	winter
E-Credits:	2
Examination process:	winter s.:
Hours per week, examination:	winter s.:0/2, MC [HT]
Capacity:	unknown / unknown (20)
Min. number of students:	unlimited
4EU+:	no
Virtual mobility / capacity:	no
Key competences:
State of the course:	not taught
Language:	Czech
Teaching methods:	full-time
Teaching methods:	full-time
Level:
Old code:	YBF3013ZI
Note:	course can be enrolled in outside the study plan enabled for web enrollment

Guarantor:	RNDr. Zdeněk Kalva

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Annotation -

Last update: Bc. Lenka Lukešová (27.08.2010)

Designed for humanities students, this course is concerned with the transformations in scientific knowledge from the classical Greek tradition to quantum optics. A combination of lectures and excursions to the Ondřejov observatory and to the Academy of Science of the Czech Republic, it introduces a wide range of issues, such as paradigm shifts in physics, the relationship between mathematics and physics, the distance from the natural world, experiment and theory.

Syllabus -

Last update: RNDr. Zdeněk Kalva (09.12.2016)

2-term course. The course presents the shifts of paradigms in physics and related issues such as: the relation of math and physics, distance from the natural world, experiment and theory. Lectures present the transformation of the scientific knowledge and awareness /from the classical Greek tradition to quantum physics/. The course is completed with excursions to the Academy of Science of the Czech Republic and to the astronomical observatory based in Ondřejov.