Course: History and Philosophy of Chemistry

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Course title History and Philosophy of Chemistry
Course code KFI/SHFCH
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Demjančuk Nikolaj, Doc. PhDr. CSc.
Course content
Paracelsus, Stahl, Boyle, Dalton, Lavoisier, Meyer, Mendelejev.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Interactive lecture, Textual studies
  • Graduate study programme term essay (40-50) - 26 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 26 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Course requires no special prior knowledge and skills.
learning outcomes
Students will be able to interpret selected works of meaningful representatives of European chemistry.
teaching methods
Interactive lecture
Textual studies
assessment methods
Seminar work
Continuous assessment
Recommended literature
  • Historie chemie. 1. vyd. Brno : Přírodovědecká fakulta Masarykovy univerzity, 1997. ISBN 80-210-1501-2.
  • Anstey, P. The Philosophy of Robert Boyle. London, 2000.
  • Bernard, J. The Story of Chemistry From Ancient Alchemy to Nuclear Fission. 4th ed. New York, 1976.
  • Budiš J. Historie chemie slovem a obrazem. MU Brno, 1995.
  • Demjančuk, Nikolaj. O povaze vědy : věda v kulturních kontextech. 1. vyd. V Plzni : Západočeská univerzita, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7043-921-0.
  • Karpenko, Vladimír. Alchymie : nauka mezi snem a skutečností. Vyd. 1. Praha : Academia, 2007. ISBN 978-80-200-1491-7.
  • Lavoisier, A. Elements of Chemistry. New York, 1965.
  • Paracelsus. Filosofie okultní. Praha : Trigon, 1990. ISBN 80-85320-05-3.
  • Patterson, E. C. John Dalton and the Atomic Tudory. New York, 1970.
  • Price, D. J. de Solla. Science Since Babylon. London, 1961.
  • Schwartz, A. Truman. Chemistry in context : applying chemistry to society. 2nd ed. [New York] : McGraw-Hill, 1997. ISBN 0-697-29158-8.
  • Solárová M. Vybrané kapitoly z historie chemie. Brno, PAIDO, 2000.


Study plans that include the course
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