(in Polish) Historia nauki 390-FS2-2HNA
Study profile: general academic
Form of study: full-time
Subject type: compulsory
Field and discipline of science: Field of exact and natural sciences, Discipline of physical sciences
Level of education: second-cycle studies
Year of study/semester:2rd year/3th Semester
ECTS Points: 3
Student Workload Balance:
- Participation in lectures (30 hours),
- Participation in consultations (15 hours),
- Student's own work at home (30 hours),
Quantitative Indicators:
- Student workload related to classes requiring direct teacher involvement - 1.8 ECTS;
- Student workload related to independent work - 1.2 ECTS.
Selected topics from the history of the development of various scientific fields
Topics undertaken during the seminar
1. The greatest achievements of Greek mathematics before our era.
2. The atom in the description of the world throughout history.
3. The world seen through the eyes of Aristotle.
4. What was the Copernican Revolution?
5. The image of the world in the Middle Ages.
6. The birth of medicine - Hippocrates, Galen, Vesalius.
7. Discovery of the cause of the spread of diseases - Pasteur and Koch.
8. Was the search for the Philosopher's Stone successful?
9. The history of the discovery of Newton's laws of motion.
10. What do evolutionists argue with creationists?
11. 200 years of electromagnetism.
12. How did the quanta "fit" into the description of the world?
13. Turing machine.
14. Information theory (Shannon).
15. Ciphers from antiquity to the Enigma and RSA.
16. The nature of light in historical terms.
17. Models of the structure of the atom at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Type of course
Course coordinators
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Learning outcomes
Skills – the graduate is able to:
KP7_UK2: acquire information, evaluate its credibility, interpret it, draw conclusions based on it, and formulate opinions
KP7_UK3: use the English language at the B2+ level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)
Social competencies – the graduate is prepared to:
KP7_KK1 continuously enhance their own competencies, in light of the rapid progress in the field of physics;
KP7_KK2 critically evaluate their existing knowledge when addressing real-world research and applied problems within a chosen field of physics;
KP7_KO1 think and act creatively within research, development, and service institutions that utilize the tools and body of knowledge of physics;
KP7_KR1 assume the responsibilities inherent in the professional ethics of a physicist.
Assessment criteria
The pass mark is attendance at classes and preparation of at least two speeches / presentations on the proposed topics. The quality of the speeches as well as the activity during the classes is assessed.
When creating a presentation, the use of artificial intelligence systems is permitted for the following purposes:
1. Machine translation of source texts from foreign languages.
2. Searching for and organizing academic sources.
4. Linguistic and stylistic editing of the text.
6. Generating lists of keywords.
Bibliography
Literature is individually selected for each case.
Additional information
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