Science and Technology History 1

The course is a substitute for:

Science and Technology History 1 (16HT1)

Lecturer:

Marcela Efmertová (gar.)

Tutor:

Marcela Efmertová (gar.)

Supervisor:

Department of Economics, Management and Humanities

Synopsis:

This subject provides basic information on the development of science and technology in the world and at home from the earliest times to the present. The course is aimed primarily at explaining the significance of key levels of technology development, industrial revolutions and their impact on society.

Requirements:

Syllabus of lectures:

Syllabus of tutorials:

1. Introduction - Scientific Discipline Science and Technology.

2. World and Czech Science and Technology Museums.

3. Primeval Technologies.

4. Science and Inventions in Antiquity.

5. Production, Its Organization and Technical Equipment in Feudal Society.

6. The Impact of Renaissance on Scientific and Technical Thinking.

7. Comparison of University and Technical Education.

8. The First Industrial Revolution in the Czech land and in the other

countries.

9. Economic changes in Society after the First Industrial Revolution.

10. The Second Industrial Revolution and Czech Society.

11. Electrical Engineering and Czech Lands.

12. Technology and Daily Life in the 19th and 20 th Centuries.

13. Technology and the World by the turn of the 20th and the 21th

Centuries.

14. Assesment of the Impact of Technology on Society.

Study Objective:

Study materials:

1. Paturi, F.R.: A Chronicle of Technology, Dortmund 1988.

2. Efmertová, M.: Elektrotechnika v českých zemích a v Československu do poloviny 20. století. LIBRI, Praha 1999.

3. Gille, B.: Histoire des techniques. Gallimard, Paris 1978.

4. Věda a technika v datech. Praha 2003.

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2011/2012:

	06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon	roomZ2:B1-231 Efmertová M. 14:30–16:00 (parallel nr.1) Zikova ulice Ucebna K316roomZ2:B1-231 Efmertová M. 16:15–17:45 (parallel nr.4) Zikova ulice Ucebna K316
Tue
Fri
Thu
Fri

Time-table for summer semester 2011/2012:

Time-table is not available yet

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