Syllabus
2-term course. The course presents the shifts of paradigms in physics and related issues such as: the relation of math and physics, distance from the natural world, experiment and theory.
Lectures present the transformation of the scientific knowledge and awareness /from the classical Greek tradition to quantum physics/. The course is completed with excursions to the Academy of Science of the Czech Republic and to the astronomical observatory based in Ondřejov.
Annotation
Designed for humanities students, this course is concerned with the transformations in scientific knowledge from the classical Greek tradition to quantum optics. A combination of lectures and excursions to the Ondřejov observatory and to the Academy of Science of the Czech Republic, it introduces a wide range of issues, such as paradigm shifts in physics, the relationship between mathematics and physics, the distance from the natural world, experiment and theory.