Course detail
History and Philosophy of Technology
FIT-FITAcad. year: 2020/2021
The course "History and Philosophy of Technology" represents an introduction into the particular stages of development of the technology with respect to the surrounding cultural climate and the philosophical streams on the background of which these particular chapters of the history take place. The course deals also with the risk factors the civilization brings about, and suggestions are given how to overcome them.
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Literature
Jílek: Zrození velkých vynálezů. Praha, 1988 (in Czech)
Marshall: Po stopách lidského pokroku. Praha, 1932 (in Czech)
Bernal: Věda v dějinách. Praha, 1960 (in Czech)
Numford: Technika a civilizace. Praha, 1947 (in Czech)
Nový: Dějiny techniky v Československu do 18. století. Praha, 1974 (in Czech)
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- Programme IT-BC-3 Bachelor's
branch BIT , 2. year of study, summer semester, 3 credits, elective
- Programme BIT Bachelor's, 2. year of study, summer semester, 3 credits, elective
- Programme IT-MGR-2 Master's
branch MBI , any year of study, summer semester, 3 credits, compulsory-optional
branch MPV , any year of study, summer semester, 3 credits, compulsory-optional
branch MGM , any year of study, summer semester, 3 credits, compulsory-optional
branch MSK , any year of study, summer semester, 3 credits, compulsory-optional
branch MIS , any year of study, summer semester, 3 credits, compulsory-optional
branch MBS , any year of study, summer semester, 3 credits, compulsory-optional
branch MIN , any year of study, summer semester, 3 credits, compulsory-optional
branch MMI , any year of study, summer semester, 3 credits, compulsory-optional
branch MMM , any year of study, summer semester, 3 credits, compulsory-optional - Programme MITAI Master's
specialization NADE , any year of study, summer semester, 3 credits, elective
specialization NBIO , any year of study, summer semester, 3 credits, elective
specialization NGRI , any year of study, summer semester, 3 credits, elective
specialization NNET , any year of study, summer semester, 3 credits, elective
specialization NVIZ , any year of study, summer semester, 3 credits, elective
specialization NCPS , any year of study, summer semester, 3 credits, elective
specialization NSEC , any year of study, summer semester, 3 credits, elective
specialization NEMB , any year of study, summer semester, 3 credits, elective
specialization NHPC , any year of study, summer semester, 3 credits, elective
specialization NISD , any year of study, summer semester, 3 credits, elective
specialization NIDE , any year of study, summer semester, 3 credits, elective
specialization NISY , any year of study, summer semester, 3 credits, elective
specialization NMAL , any year of study, summer semester, 3 credits, elective
specialization NMAT , any year of study, summer semester, 3 credits, elective
specialization NSEN , any year of study, summer semester, 3 credits, elective
specialization NVER , any year of study, summer semester, 3 credits, elective
specialization NSPE , any year of study, summer semester, 3 credits, elective
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- Since the earliest industry to megalithic constructions.
- The antiquity and the Hellenistic science and technology
- Medieval age - technology in the shade of cathedrals
- Renaissance engineers - new image of the world
- Long way to the steam engine
- The industrial revolution in England
- The meeting point between science and technology
- The combustion engine, turbine and new potentials
- Electrical energy from Thalet to Coulomb
- Galvani and the others
- The electromotoric principle comes into the world
- The history of data transmission until the spark telegraphy
- Inventors activities and the related ethical issues of today