Science and Technology History 1

The course is a substitute for:

Science and Technology History 1 (X16HT1)

Lecturer:

Tutor:

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:

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

9. Changes in Society Introduced by 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 in the First Half of the 20th Century

14. Assesment of the Impact of Technology on Society

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

9. Changes in Society Introduced by 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 in the First Half of the 20th Century

14. Assesment of the Impact of Technology on Society

Study Objective:

Study materials:

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

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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• ZB po rozdělení do oborů - Výpočetní technika (elective humanities course)
• Silnoproudá elektrotechnika-bakalářský blok (elective humanities course)
• Elektronika a sdělovací technika-bakalářský blok (elective humanities course)
• Kybernetika a měření-bakalářský blok (elective humanities course)
• Výpočetní technika-bakalářský blok (elective humanities course)
• Společný plán pro základní blok (elective humanities course)
• Kybernetika a měření-bakalářský blok (elective humanities course)
• Silnoproudá elektrotechnika-bakalářský blok (elective humanities course)
• Výpočetní technika-bakalářský blok (elective humanities course)
• Elektronika a sdělovací technika-bakalářský blok (elective humanities course)