History of science and technology 2

Course guarantor:

Marcela Efmertová

Lecturer:

Marcela Efmertová, Jan Mikeš

Tutor:

Marcela Efmertová, Jan Mikeš

Supervisor:

Department of Economics, Management and Humanities

Synopsis:

This subject traces historical developments in electrical engineering branches in the world and in the Czech Lands. Its ultimate goal is to stimulate students' interest in the history and traditions of the subject, while highlighting the developments in technical education and professional organizations, the process of shaping scientific life and the influence of technical engineers

Requirements:

Syllabus of lectures:

1. Is Electrical Engineering a Technical Science?

2. Electricity - Mysterious Power.

3. Fireworks of Engineering Technology.

4. Foundation of the Electrotechical Industry.

5. Electrical Engineering School Systems. An International Comparison.

6. Electrical Engineering Unions in the 19th and 20th Centuries.

7. Status of the Engineer and Engineering Elites in 19th - 21th Centuries.

8. Leading Personalities of Electrical Engineering.

9. Electrification of the Europe.

10. Electrotechnology in the Second World War.

11. Norbert Wiener and Cybernetics.

13. Computer world.

14. Mikrominiaturisation.

15. Technology Assesment in the Electrotechnology.

Syllabus of tutorials:

1. Introduction in the History of Electrotechnology - Historiography of the field.

2. The begening of electricity in the Czech lands.

3. Electro Engineering in the 19th Century in the Czech lands.

4. Development of the Czech Electrotechical Industry.

5. Czech Electrical Engineering School Systems in the Czech lands and Czechoslovakia.

6. Electrical Engineering Unions in the Czech lands and Czechoslovakia in the 19th and 20th Centuries.

7. Status of the Czech Engineer and Engineering Elites in 19th and 20th Centuries.

8. Leading Personalities of Czech Electrical Engineering.

9. Electrification of the Czechoslovakia.

10. V. List - manager of the Czech electrical Industry.

11. Fight of the Cybernetics in Czechoslovakia and Antonín Svoboda.

12. Czech electrotechnical and nuclear research after 1945.

13. Development of the multimedia in the Czech Area.

14. Internet technology in the Czech Republic.

Study Objective:

Study materials:

FOX, R., GUAGNINI, A. Laboratories, workshops, and sites. Concepts and practices of research in industrial Europe, 1800-1914. University of California, Berkeley 1999.

HEILBRON, John. Electricity in the 17th and 18th centuries: a study of early modern physics. New York: Dover Publications, 1999. ISBN 0-486-40688-1.

JÄGER, Kurt, HEILBRONNER, Friedrich. Lexikon der Elektrotechniker. München: VDE, 2010. ISBN 978-3-8007-2903-6.

Historici Pragae. ada A, Monographia; vol. 43, 48. ISBN 978-80-7286-219-1.

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

Note:

Further information:

https://moodle.fel.cvut.cz/courses/B0M16HVT

No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Medical electronics and bioinformatics (elective course)
• Electronics and Communications - Electronics (elective course)
• Electronics and Communications - Audiovisual Technology and Signal Processing (elective course)
• Electronics and Communications - Photonics (elective course)
• Electronics and Communications - Technology of the Internet of Things (elective course)
• Electronics and Communications - Communication Networks and Internet (elective course)
• Electronics and Communications - Mobile Communications (elective course)
• Electronics and Communications - Radio Communications and Systems (elective course)
• Open Informatics - Human-Computer Interaction (elective course)
• Open Informatics - Cyber Security (elective course)
• Open Informatics - Computer Graphics (elective course)
• Open Informatics - Computer Engineering (elective course)
• Open Informatics - Computer Vision and Image Processing (elective course)
• Open Informatics - Software Engineering (elective course)
• Open Informatics - Artificial Intelligence (elective course)
• Open Informatics - Bioinformatics (elective course)
• Open Informatics - Data Science (elective course)
• Electrical Engineering, Power Engineering and Management - Electrical Drives (compulsory course in the program)
• Electrical Engineering, Power Engineering and Management - Electrical Power Engineering (compulsory course in the program)
• Electrical Engineering, Power Engineering and Management - Technological Systems (compulsory course in the program)
• Electrical Engineering, Power Engineering and Management - Management of Power Eng. and Electr. (compulsory course in the program)
• Medical electronics and bioinformatics (elective course)
• Medical electronics and bioinformatics (elective course)
• Medical electronics and bioinformatics (elective course)
• Electronics and Communications (elective course)
• Cybernetics and Robotics (elective course)