Historical experiments in physics

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Course ID:	1100-DHF-OG
Erasmus code / ISCED:	13.2 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0533) Physics The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	Historical experiments in physics
Name in Polish:	Doświadczenia historyczne w fizyce
Organizational unit:	Faculty of Physics
Course groups:	General university courses General university subjects
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	Polish
Type of course:	general courses
Prerequisites (description):	Students have completed secondary school.
Short description:	The lecture presents selected physicists and their famous experiments against the background of historical and cultural events.Students have an opportunity to get acquainted with translations of genuine scientist's texts, in which the scholars show how they conducted experiments and describe their emotions, disappointments and amazement.
Full description:	The lecture presents selected physicists and their famous experiments against the background of historical and cultural events. Students have an opportunity to get acquainted with translations of genuine scientist's texts, in which the scholars show how they conducted experiments and describe their emotions, disappointments and amazement. During the lecture, with the aid of those texts, students repeat described experiments, compare the former and current interpretation of them, and follow the development of selected physical notions. Syllabus: Galileo and his experiments. Galileo's trial. The notion of vacuum. Aristotle, experiments of W. Magni, B. Pascal, E. Torricelli. Selected experiments of Isaac Newton. The development of theories on light. Experiments of T. Young, Fresnel. Development of views concerning the structure of the Planetary System. Ptolemy, Copernicus. Discovering electrical current. Experiments of Galvani, A. Volta, Oersted, A. Ampere. Selected experiments of Michael Faraday. The "birth" of thermodynamics. Carnot, Laplace, Mayer, Joule. Development of views on atomic structure. The atoms of Democritus, Dalton, J. Perrin's experiment, Brownian motion. The birth of quantum mechanics. Emission spectrum, photoelectric effect, discovering natural radioactivity, Rutherford's experiment, Planck's idea of bodies radiation. Preparing to pass the course the student will take approximately 75 hours. Description by Anna Kaczorowska, May 2010
Bibliography:	1. "Dzieje rozwoju fizyki"- wybór tekstów pod red.M. Grotowskiego 2. "Historia fizyki" A.K.Wróblewski PWN 2006
Learning outcomes:	Knowledge: 1. Knows the presented experiments 2. Describes selected scientists with relation to their times Abilities 1. Appraises the part played by important experiments in the development of physics 2. Describes the experimental procedure and the outcome 3. Analyzes genuine, historic texts by physicists (in Polish transtation) concerning performed experiments 4. Substantiates the chronology of physical discoveries, noting their logical connections.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Grading criteria: Presence verification, activeness during classes – participation in the experiments,oral examination.
Practical placement:	none

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