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265002 VU Facets of Science and Interactions with Society with the Focus on History (2015W)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 26 - Physik
Continuous assessment of course work

Sprache der Abhaltung: Deutsch

Die UNIVIS-online-Anmeldung für die Studierenden, die im EC registriert sind, beginnt am Mo 05.10.15 um 19:30 Uhr und endet am Mo 12.10.15 um 23.00 Uhr.

Für alle anderen Studierenden zeitlich parallel dazu Anmeldung per E-Mail unter ec-nwdenken@univie.ac.at; Aufnahme nach Maßgabe des vorhandenen Platzes

Gast: emer. o. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Walter Kutschera

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 25 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes

Vorbesprechung: Mo 05.10.2015 um 15:30 Uhr im Christian-Doppler-Hörsaal, Boltzmanngasse 5, 3. Stk., 1090 Wien. Dort auch andere VO-Teile, wenn nicht anders angegeben.

Teile der Ring-VO:
Heberle-Bors (Genetik) Mo 07.12. 16:00 -19:30 (mit Pause)
Dawid (Rolle der Mathematik) Mo 14.12. 16:00 - 18:10 (mit Pause)
Dellago (Thermodynamik) Mo14.12. 18:20 - 19:15, Di 15.12. 16:00 - 18:00 (mit Pause)
Aichelburg (Relativitätstheorie, Kosmologie) Di 15.12. 18:15 - 19:15, Mo 11.01. 16:00 -18:45 (mit Pause)
freiwilliges Exkursionsangebot 'Altersbestimmung mit C14-Methode' Mo 18.1. 16:00 - 18:00. Vienna Environmental Research Accelerator, Währinger Straße 17, Hoftrakt.

VO-Teil Wechselwirkungen Di 19.1., Mo 25.1., Di 26.1. jeweils 16:00-17:50

SE-Teil Wechselwirkungen: Di 12.1. 16:00 - 17:00, Di 19.1., Mo 25.1., Di 26.1. jeweils 18:00 bis 19:15 im Erwin-Schrödinger-HS, Physik, 5.Stock, aus dem Aufzug nach rechts ganz hinten


Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Facets:
Role of mathematics in Sciences
- achieving a formal structure of perception
- overvoming intuition
- driving force of theory development
Thermodynamics and time direction: How you get surprisingly reliable results about the properties of systems composed of an unimaginable number of particles and what follows from the statistical nature of the description
Space, time, spacetime; two revolutions of thinking and methodical questions:
Relativity, Cosmology
Genetics: Where is the information about life situated, how it is codified, how it works and what about the consequences
Additional topic for self study 'Age determination by radiocarbon method' supported by text in Moodle and an Excursion offer (VERA, Vienna Environmental Research Accelerator)

Interactions
VO: We will consider the history of sciences chronologically, emphasizing the modern times (from the 16th to the 20th century), with a special focus on social interactions
SE: We discuss case studies in the history of the sciences to deepen the understanding of science in its historical, philosophical and cultural contexts.

Assessment and permitted materials

The EC is finished by finishing sucessfully the contained lecture courses one by one. This lecture course is finished by sucessfully finishing the training course part and passing an exam about the lecture course parts. An oral exam is held by one examiner in more detail about his own theme and in addition about the other contained themes and the supplementary topic making use of the questionnaire Fremdfragenliste (accessible on the moodle platform of the lecture course).
Seminar part: Participation and persentation

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Facets:
Knowledge, understanding and survey about ways of thinking and methods in the scientific disciplines considered
Improvement of methodical und interdisciplinary competences, e.g.
Comprehension, refined judgment by analytical thinking and suitable verbal description

Interactions
VO: To give an insight into the interactions between scientific thinking and society
SE: To deepen and foster insights into the profound contextuality of scientific reasoning and scientific practices.

Examination topics

Materials for the lecture parts and the supplementary theme on moodle

Reading list

Lecture course Interactions: Stephen F. Mason, A history of the sciences, New rev. ed., 8.th print, Collier books, New York 1973 or previous editions

Association in the course directory

MaP 3, LA-Ph71 fW

Last modified: Mo 07.09.2020 15:41