Course detail
History and Philosophy of Technology
FIT-FITAcad. year: 2021/2022
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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Basic literature
Recommended reading
Jílek: Zrození velkých vynálezů. Praha, 1988
Lilley: Stroje a lidé v dějinách. Praha, 1973
Marshall: Po stopách lidského pokroku. Praha, 1932
Nový: Dějiny techniky v Československu do 18. století. Praha, 1974
Numford: Technika a civilizace. Praha, 1947
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme IT-BC-3 Bachelor's
branch BIT , 2 year of study, summer semester, elective
- Programme BIT Bachelor's 2 year of study, summer semester, elective
- Programme IT-MSC-2 Master's
branch MBI , 0 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
branch MBS , 0 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
branch MGM , 0 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
branch MIN , 0 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
branch MIS , 0 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
branch MMM , 0 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
branch MPV , 0 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
branch MSK , 0 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional - Programme MITAI Master's
specialization NADE , 0 year of study, summer semester, elective
specialization NBIO , 0 year of study, summer semester, elective
specialization NCPS , 0 year of study, summer semester, elective
specialization NEMB , 0 year of study, summer semester, elective
specialization NGRI , 0 year of study, summer semester, elective
specialization NHPC , 0 year of study, summer semester, elective
specialization NIDE , 0 year of study, summer semester, elective
specialization NISD , 0 year of study, summer semester, elective
specialization NMAL , 0 year of study, summer semester, elective
specialization NMAT , 0 year of study, summer semester, elective
specialization NNET , 0 year of study, summer semester, elective
specialization NSEC , 0 year of study, summer semester, elective
specialization NSEN , 0 year of study, summer semester, elective
specialization NSPE , 0 year of study, summer semester, elective
specialization NVER , 0 year of study, summer semester, elective
specialization NVIZ , 0 year of study, summer semester, elective
specialization NISY up to 2020/21 , 0 year of study, summer semester, elective
specialization NISY , 0 year of study, summer semester, 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