Scientific View of the World
Code | Completion | Credits | Range |
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02POS | Z,ZK | 4 | 2+2s |
- The course is a substitute for:
- Scientific View of the World (X02POS)
- Lecturer:
- Tutor:
- Supervisor:
- Department of Physics
- Synopsis:
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Scientific view of the world in broader relations to human knowledge, philosophy and culture. The subject motivates an interest in new and open problems. Key words: rationality, mathematics, physics, spacetime, Universe, quantum processes, chaos, information, evolution of the man, technology, perspectives.
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- Syllabus of lectures:
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1. Man in the world, his problems and questions
2. Rational knowledge. Physics as the base of modern technology
3. Historical epoches in physics. Revolutions in concepts
4. Space and time, relativity, paradoxes
5. Gravitation, cosmology, stars, black holes
6. Quantum nature of the microworld, structure of matter
7. Philosophical aspects of quantum world, measurement, reality
8. Subnuclear particles, quanta of fields, types of interactions
9. Dynamical systems, determinism and randomness, chaos
10. Fractals, non-integer dimensions, mathematics and its limitations
11. Irreversibility, time asymmetry, past and future
12. Entropy and information, information flows and energy, computation
13. Synergetics, structures, evolution, life
14. Science as a part of human culture, its values, perspectives
- Syllabus of tutorials:
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Discussions, questions. Essay
1. Human knowledge, its history. Philosophy and science
2. Irrational approaches, pseudoscience (psychotronics, astrology, etc.)
3. Mechanistic epoch in science. Success. Pitfalls
4. Relativistic paradoxes (twin paradox, transporter paradox, )
5. Discussion on popular books (Hawking, Barrow, Weinberg, Grygar, Davis )
6. Quantum physics in the 20th century
7. Quantum paradoxes (EPR, Schrödinger's cat, etc.)
8. Examples of chaotic dynamic systems
9. Examples of fractals
10. Mathematics in science, its limitations
11. Science on the origin of man
12. Expanding universe and possibility of life
13. The concept of information
14. Man and technology. Its hazards. Human responsibility
- Study Objective:
- Study materials:
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[1] Recommended articles from journals as Vesmír, Scientific American etc.
[2] Recommended popular books by Barrow, Hawking, Davies, Weinberg, Penrose, etc.
[3] Brokman, J., Matsonová, K. (Ed.): Jak se věci mají. (Průvodce myšlenkami moderní vědy.) Archa, Bratislava. Edice: Mistři věd
- Note:
- Further information:
- No time-table has been prepared for this course
- The course is a part of the following study plans:
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