260072 VO History of Physics (2022W)
Supplemented with the development of Physics at the University Vienna
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Language: English
Examination dates
- Wednesday 01.02.2023 08:30 - 12:30 Ort in u:find Details
- Wednesday 01.03.2023 08:30 - 12:30 Ort in u:find Details
- Wednesday 19.04.2023 08:30 - 12:30 Ort in u:find Details
- Wednesday 17.05.2023
- Thursday 22.06.2023 08:30 - 12:30 Ort in u:find Details
- Friday 07.07.2023
- Thursday 27.07.2023
- Friday 29.09.2023
- Wednesday 25.10.2023 08:30 - 09:30 Kleiner Seminarraum, Zi.3510, Boltzmanngasse 5, 5. Stk., 1090 Wien
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Update 10.10.2022: The first unit of the History of Physics lecture on Wednesday 12.10.2022 from 9:00 to 10:30 will be held online via Zoom meeting. Participation will be enabled via Moodle, where the Zoom meeting is installed. The other lectures will take place on site in the Kurt-Gödel lecture hall and will also be recorded via Zoom as a service for the students.
- Wednesday 12.10. 09:00 - 10:30 Kurt-Gödel-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, EG, 1090 Wien
- Wednesday 19.10. 09:00 - 10:30 Kurt-Gödel-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, EG, 1090 Wien
- Wednesday 09.11. 09:00 - 10:30 Kurt-Gödel-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, EG, 1090 Wien
- Wednesday 16.11. 09:00 - 10:30 Kurt-Gödel-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, EG, 1090 Wien
- Wednesday 23.11. 09:00 - 10:30 Kurt-Gödel-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, EG, 1090 Wien
- Wednesday 30.11. 09:00 - 10:30 Kurt-Gödel-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, EG, 1090 Wien
- Wednesday 07.12. 09:00 - 10:30 Kurt-Gödel-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, EG, 1090 Wien
- Wednesday 14.12. 09:00 - 10:30 Kurt-Gödel-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, EG, 1090 Wien
- Wednesday 11.01. 09:00 - 10:30 Kurt-Gödel-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, EG, 1090 Wien
- Wednesday 18.01. 09:00 - 10:30 Kurt-Gödel-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, EG, 1090 Wien
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Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
Oral examination, ca. 20 to 30 minutes. The contents of the lecture are examined. The check is carried out on site. Should the pandemic situation require it, the examination will be conducted via Jitsi video chat.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Minimum requirement for a positive examination is basic knowledge about four scopes of questions, all of them have to be evaluated positively:
First scope of questions: Aristotelian physics and physics in the antiquity.
Second scope of questions: Copernican system, Tycho Brahe, the works of Galilei, Kepler, Newton and Maxwell.
Third scope of questions: The highlights of the Viennese physicists in the 19th century and in the beginning of the 20th century.
Fourth scope of questions: One question about the remaining matter has to be answered at least basically.
Evaluation of the single questions:
"Sehr gut": for complete answer, autonomous description of relationships, only small faults may appear.
"Gut": for almost complete answer, description of relationships, incomplete answers may only appear at some points.
"Befriedigend": for good answer in general, however details are lacking.
"Genügend": Only very basic knowledge is replied, details are lacking.
The final mark will result from the arithmetic mean of the four scopes of questions, if all four scopes are answered positively.
First scope of questions: Aristotelian physics and physics in the antiquity.
Second scope of questions: Copernican system, Tycho Brahe, the works of Galilei, Kepler, Newton and Maxwell.
Third scope of questions: The highlights of the Viennese physicists in the 19th century and in the beginning of the 20th century.
Fourth scope of questions: One question about the remaining matter has to be answered at least basically.
Evaluation of the single questions:
"Sehr gut": for complete answer, autonomous description of relationships, only small faults may appear.
"Gut": for almost complete answer, description of relationships, incomplete answers may only appear at some points.
"Befriedigend": for good answer in general, however details are lacking.
"Genügend": Only very basic knowledge is replied, details are lacking.
The final mark will result from the arithmetic mean of the four scopes of questions, if all four scopes are answered positively.
Examination topics
The contents of the lecture are examined.
Reading list
David C. Lindberg: The Beginnings of Western Science, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1992.
Emilio Segrè: From Falling Bodies to Radio Waves. Classical Physicists and Their Discoveries. W. H. Freeman and Company, New York 1984.
Franz Sachslehner: The Historical Physics Collection, in: Academic Showcases. The Collections at the University of Vienna, Ed. Claudia Feigl, Böhlau, Köln, 2016, S. 147 -150.
Emilio Segrè: From Falling Bodies to Radio Waves. Classical Physicists and Their Discoveries. W. H. Freeman and Company, New York 1984.
Franz Sachslehner: The Historical Physics Collection, in: Academic Showcases. The Collections at the University of Vienna, Ed. Claudia Feigl, Böhlau, Köln, 2016, S. 147 -150.
Association in the course directory
M-ERG, UF MA PHYS 01a, UF MA PHYS 01b
Last modified: Mo 23.10.2023 11:48
The flow and content of the essential physical ideas and concepts is presented from the ancient world to date. Especially the development of physics at the University Vienna is considered and objects of the historical collection of the faculty of physics are shown.
Lecture series using a lot of graphics and pictures, presentation of objects and instruments from the historical collection.