History of Physics and Technology Applications

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Department of Physics

Synopsis:

Students will become acquainted with key experiments and discoveries that have significantly contributed to the development of our current understanding of the natural world. This knowledge can be effectively incorporated into physics teaching as a supplement to the curriculum. Presenting interesting facts about experiments, prominent scientists, and their applications will enrich the instruction and enhance student motivation.

Requirements:

Preparation of a selected topic related to the subject matter and its presentation.

Syllabus of lectures:

1.Fundamental experiments, discoveries, and applications in classical mechanics, classical theory of gravitation, and thermodynamics.

2.Fundamental experiments, discoveries, and applications in electricity, magnetism, and electrodynamics.

3.Fundamental experiments, discoveries, and applications in wave optics.

4.Fundamental experiments, discoveries, and applications in special relativity, quantum, atomic, and nuclear physics.

5.The development of the International System of Units (SI) and the historical definitions of base units

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Study Objective:

The objective of the course is to introduce students to the history of natural science discoveries from Archimedes to modern physics.

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Key literature:

VYBÍRAL, Bohumil. Technické aplikace fyziky: kniha o fyzikálních principech, realizaci a funkci technických systémů. [Hradec Králové]: Univerzita Hradec Králové, Přírodovědecká fakulta, 2019. ISBN 978-80-7435-753-4.

VYBÍRAL, Bohumil. Kapitoly z experimentální fyziky: historie měření, fundamentální experimenty, zpracování fyzikálních měření, experimenty ve školské fyzice. Hradec Králové: Gaudeamus, 2014. ISBN 978-80-7435-545-5.

Recommended literature:

ŠTOLL, Ivan. Dějiny fyziky. Praha: Prometheus, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7196-375-2.

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No time-table has been prepared for this course

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