Course code 07 59 3713 60
Number of ECTS points 2
Course title in the language of instruction 
Great Moments in Science and Technology
Course title in Polish Great Moments in Science and Technology (Przełomowe odkrycia w nauce i technice)
Course title in English 
Great Moments in Science and Technology
Language of instruction English
Type of classes
Lecture Tutorials Laboratory Project Seminar Other Total of teaching hours during semester
Contact hours 30 0 30
E-learning No No No No No No
Assessment criteria (weightage) 1.00 0.00
Unit running the course Instytut Fizyki
Course coordinator dr inż. Łukasz Piskorski
Course instructors dr inż. Magdalena Włodarska
Prerequisites 
Knowledge of the fundamentals of physics.
Course learning outcomes
  1. Understanding the need to gain knowledge through the whole life. FT1A_K01
  2. Understanding that scientific knowledge is not completely discovered, and that the science is evolving. FT1A_K02
  3. Ability to find information in the literature, also in foreign language. FT1A_K08
  4. Ability to deliver an oral presentation in English on a topic connected with the development of science and technology. FT1A_U12
Programme learning outcomes
    Programme content W TRAKCIE UZUPEŁNIANIA
    Assessment methods 
    Outcomes 1-2: class discussions.
Outcomes 1-4: preparation of presentations and delivery of oral presentations.
    Grading policies W TRAKCIE UZUPEŁNIANIA
    Course content LECTURES 1. Prehistory of Science 2. The Beginnings of the Natural Sciences. 3. Science in the Middle Ages 4. The Beginning and Development of Modern Science 5. Science in the Age of Enlightenment 6. Science in the XIX century. 7. Science in the XX-XXI centuries.
    Basic reference materials 
    1.  A. K. Wróblewski, Historia fizyki, PWN, Warszawa, 2006.
    Other reference materials 
    1.  L. Lederman, D. Teresi, The God Particle: If the Universe Is the Answer, What Is the Question?, Dell Publishing, New York, 1993.
    2.  A. K. Wróblewski, Prawda i mity w fizyce, Iskry, Warszawa, 1987.
    3.  A. K. Wróblewski, Uczeni w anegdocie, Prószyński i S-ka, Warszawa, 1999.
    4.  A. Drzewiński, J. Wojtkiewicz, Opowieści z historii fizyki, PWN, Warszawa, 2001
    5.  R. P. Brennan, Heisenberg Probably Slept Here: The Lives, Times, and Ideas of the Great Physicists of the 20th Century, Wiley, New York, 1997.
    6.  A. Koestler, The Sleepwalkers: A History of Man's Changing Vision of the Universe, Arkana/Penguin, London, 1990.
    7.  F. E. Manuel, A Portrait of Isaac Newton, Belknap Press, Cambridge, 1968.
    8.  J. Gleick, Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman, Pantheon Books, New York, 1992.
    Average student workload outside classroom 
    28
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                Archival course yes/no
                no