Science and Technology History 1
Code | Completion | Credits | Range | Language |
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XD16HT1 | Z | 2 | 6s | Czech |
- The course is a substitute for:
- Science and Technology History 1 (D16HT1)
- Lecturer:
- Marcela Efmertová (gar.)
- Tutor:
- Marcela Efmertová (gar.)
- Supervisor:
- Department of Economics, Management and Humanities
- Synopsis:
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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:
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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.
- Syllabus of tutorials:
- Study Objective:
- Study materials:
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1. Paturi, F.R.:A Chronicle of Technology, Dortmund 1988.
- Note:
- Time-table for winter semester 2011/2012:
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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 Tue Fri Thu Fri - Time-table for summer semester 2011/2012:
- Time-table is not available yet
- The course is a part of the following study plans:
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- Computer Technology- structured studies (humanities course)
- Electronics and Communication Technology - structured studies (humanities course)
- Cybernetics and Measurements- structured studies (humanities course)
- Heavy-current Engineering- structured studies (humanities course)
- Inteligentní systémy (humanities course)
- Manažerská informatika (humanities course)
- Softwarové inženýrství (humanities course)
- Web a multimedia (humanities course)