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History of Astronomy - NAST026

Title:	Dějiny astronomie
Guaranteed by:	Astronomical Institute of Charles University (32-AUUK)
Faculty:	Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Actual:	from 2023
Semester:	both
E-Credits:	3
Hours per week, examination:	1/1, C [HT]
Capacity:	unlimited
Min. number of students:	unlimited
4EU+:	no
Virtual mobility / capacity:	no
State of the course:	taught
Language:	Czech, English
Teaching methods:	full-time
Additional information:	https://astro.mff.cuni.cz/vyuka/AST026/index.html
Note:	you can enroll for the course repeatedly you can enroll for the course in winter and in summer semester

Guarantor:	RNDr. Petra Hyklová, Ph.D.
Teacher(s):	RNDr. Petra Hyklová, Ph.D. doc. RNDr. Martin Šolc, CSc.
Class:	Fyzika
Classification:	Physics > Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Annotation -

An optional course and workshop for history of the regional, European and world astronomy. Program is announced on WWW pages of the Astronomical Institute. Excursions.

Last update: T_AUUK (24.05.2001)

Course completion requirements -

The course NAST026 History of Astronomy is completed with credit. A minimum of sixty percent attendance at seminars and the completion of a selected topic are required for credit.

Last update: Hyklová Petra, RNDr., Ph.D. (10.10.2023)

Literature - Czech

Horský, Zdeněk. Kepler v Praze. Mladá fronta, 1980.

Horský, Zdeněk. Koperník a české země: soubor studií o renesanční kosmologii a nové vědě. Pavel Mervart, 2011.

Last update: Hyklová Petra, RNDr., Ph.D. (30.09.2024)

Teaching methods - Czech

Přednáška a seminář.

Last update: Hyklová Petra, RNDr., Ph.D. (10.10.2023)

Requirements to the exam - Czech

Předmět NAST026 Dějiny astronomie je ukončen zápočtem. K udělení zápočtu je třeba minimálně šedesátiprocentní účast na seminářích a zpracování alespoň jednoho vybraného tématu.

Last update: Hyklová Petra, RNDr., Ph.D. (10.10.2023)

Syllabus -

Winter semester 2024/25: The Heliocentric Revolution

The Ptolemaic geocentric system

Nicolaus Copernicus and heliocentrism

Johannes Kepler

Galileo Galilei and the invention of the telescope

Confirmation of the heliocentric model

Last update: Hyklová Petra, RNDr., Ph.D. (30.09.2024)