History of Technology

Welcome in the course History of Technology 2024/25!

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The course History of Technology started on Thursday, September 26, 2024 at 3 PM.

The end of our course is connected with a test of lectures and the seminary essay with its presentation.

Instruction for seminary essays:
1. The title of your seminary essay, please, suggest me by mail as soon as possible!
2. Seminary essay will have minimal lenght about 5 pages.
3. Please add the used sources!
4. Then you send me by mail (the deadline is about one week before exam) and I will answer, if is it O.K. or not.
5. For exam you prepare presentation of your essay for about a quarter of hour. 

The list of accepted titles of essays in the Winter Semester 2024/5

[1] Schoeman, Rianne: History of Waterworks.
[3] Todorova, Elena: The first mechanic: Archimedes.
[4] Kim, Min Jeong: History of Batteries.
[5] Blanco, Juan: The Three-Body Problem and Chaos Theory, Application in Technology.
[6] San Juan, Ane: History of AI and how has been regulated and how should be regulated to guarantee human right.
[7] Rezk, Ali: History of Aviation. 
[8]  Kurdi, Laurent: History of Jet Planes and Radar Systems.
[9] Fofa, John: Development of Artillery, Naval and Tank Shells.
[10] Seoyeon, Kim: History of Technological Innovation in Joseon (an Old Korean Kingdom).
[11] Ozder, Sarp: History of Aerospace Engineering.
[12] Beck, Adam: History of the Internal Combustion Engine.
[13] Isikbas, Emre: The History of Jet Planes and Radar Systems.
[14] Le Quéré: Téo: History of heating.
[15] Yorganci, Emiralp: History of Car Engines … .
[16] Baseren, Orhan Berke: History of Computers.
[17] Panchal, Vaikunth: History of Aerodynamics.
[18] Vaigel, Alexej: History of Motorsport.
[19] Olinda, Silva Tiffani: The Usage of Math by the Aztec Civilization.
[20] Hošťálek, Jakub Maxmilian: History of Military Advancements in WWII Technology.  [21] Samokovski, Dimitar: History of Marine Navigation.
[22] Lima Da Costa, Ana Beatriz: Brief History of Communication.
[23] Yang, Run: History of Automobile Evolutions.
[24] Htet, Hein Wai Yan: History of Internal Combustion Engines.
[25] Kulasekara, Ganithage Kavitha: The Impact of Women Inventors.
[26] Prasad, Shashwath: The History of Robotics and Automation Engineering.
[27] Merden,Berkehan: History of Windmills

Preliminary programme of lectures of the course of History of Technology
for the year 2024/2025

Lecture 1: September, 26, 2024: 
Introduction – Ancient Tradition
Development of of Ancient Technology and Mathematics.

Lecture 2: October, 3, 2024
Origins of Variational Calculus  Origins21_10

Lecture 3: October, 10, 2024
Perpetuum mobile. PM1_17   Second Part PM3_17
Prague Astronomical Clock. HKclock-D-17 

Lecture 4: October, 17, 2024
Architecture and Geometry. Order of Columns. Proportions. Symmetry-
Vitruvius Man. Golden Section. Fibonacci Spiral. Logarithmic Spiral.
Albrecht Dürer.  Development of Perspective Methods.
Barock Architecture. 

Lecture 5: October, 24, 2024
Mathematics and Physics of the Late Barock Time
Joseph Stepling /1716 – 1778) and his Pupils
Definition and Origin of the Meter and System Internationale and New Units 

Lecture 6: October, 31, 2024
Brief History of Linear Algebra. Phaenomenon of Determinant  and Matrix.
Operations with Matrices. Significant men for the Linear Agebra – Leibniz, Cramer, Euler, Lagrange, Gauss, Cayley, Hamilton, Sylvester.

Brief History of Cryptography. 

  

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The list of accepted titles of essays in the Winter Semester 2023/24 for your inspiration:

[1] Bachmann, Timo: Expressing Numbers: Positives, Zero, Negative and Why the Decimal System and not Base 8 or Base 12? 
[3] Erasmus, Sebastian: History of Computers …
[4] Sildam, Tiia: Koch Snowflakes and Fractals (or History of Calculations).
[5] Parlange, Matthieu: History of Satellites.
[6] Lurton, Malo: Technological Development of Yacht Racing.
[7] Jorge, Espinella Gancedo: Leonardo da Vinci – Studies and Work.
[8] Yachhshenko, Zakhar: History of Car Engines. Henry Ford’s Conveyor, Its Significance in the History of Technology.
[9] Hošťálek, Tomáš Lambert: History of Racing Motorsikes.
[10] Min Thant Kyaw:The Birth of Calculators and Its Uses in Everyday Life.
[11] Boehle, Céline: History of Space-stations.
[12] Hoffmann, Finn Hannes: History of Building and Construction Methods.
[13]  Biyik, Mehmet Halit Can: History of Computer Technologies.
[14] Swan Yay Phyo: James Watt – The Key Figure of the Development of the Steam Engine.
[15] Waterlander, Martijn: History of Amateur Astrophotography. 
[16] Ozkan, Efe Kagan. History of Cranes.
[17] Berisha, Martin (Artem Larionov): History of Internal Combustion Machines.
[18] Levy, Jordan: History of Telescopes.
[19] Han Htoo Nyi Nyi: History of Casting Technologies.
[20] Nicolás Estrella: Starship and dragon rockets.
[21] Planchenault. Lucas: History of Motorsport.
[22] Gushtan, Oleg: The Impact of the Internet on Society. 
[23] Nino Porras, Juan Andrés: The history of additive manufacturing.
[24] Larionov, Artem: History of internal combustion engines.
[25] Davitkov, Andrej:History of the transition from needle rifles to early bolt action designs

 

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Preliminary programme of lectures of the course of History of Technology
for the year 2023/2024

Lecture 1: October, 5, 2023:   Introduction – Ancient Tradition
                  Development of of Ancient Technology and Mathematics.
Origins of Variational Calculus  Origins21_10

Lecture 2: October, 12, 2023:
Greek Sundials  TimeM_23
Prague astronomical clock
HKclock-D-17

William Schickard – Calculator for Johannes Kepler Comput2_D_17

 Lecture 3: October, 19, 2023:
Perpetuum mobile  PM1_17   2nd part PM3_17 

Lecture 4: October 26, 2023:
History of the Czech Technical University in Prague  History CTU
Significant personalities:
Christian Willenberg, Johann Ferdinand Schor,  Franz Anton Herget,
Franz Joseph Gerstner,  etc
Joseph Stepling
Mathematics and physics in late baroque Prague –
Joseph Stepling (1716 – 1778) Stepling_D_

Geometry and Barock Architecture II   Baroque architecture

Lecture 5: November, 2, 2023:
 History of the Czech Technical University in Prague II – Nikola Tesla and Prague
Tesla_A_17, 

Lecture 6: November 16, 2023:
History of CTU III
 Albert Einstein in Prague

Lecture 7: November, 23, 2023:
Christian Doppler and his Doppler’s Principle, 1842

Lecture 8: NovembeLr, 23, 2023:
Development of Computers in Czechoslovakia during 20th Century.
History of Industrial Robots Hist_of Industrial_Robots20
The word „robot“ is the Czech origin. The writer Karel Čapek is author of dramatic play R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots).
 First steps in History of Computing in the Czechoslovakia  SZlecture1712

Lecture 9: November, 30, 2023:
History and Development of Wheel From Ancient Times.
Second mechnical Calculator „Pascalina“ of Blaise Pascal.  

Lecture 10: December, 7, 2023
The Lecture is cancelled.

Lecture 11: December, 14, 2023

Selected presentations of Essays.

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Technology and Mathematics. A Brief History of Linear Algebra: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz and Determinants. Cramer’s Rule. Leonhard Euler –  Searching Conditions for Existence of Solution of the System of Equations. Lagrange  and Multipliers. Gauss Elimination Method.
James Joseph Sylvester and the Name for Matrix. Arthur Cayley and Multiplication of Matrices. Cayley-Hamilton Theorem.

Srinivasa Ramanujan and IT Day  Ramanujan20
Significant Milestones in the Development  of Fuzzy Logic  FuzzyMilestones2 – Lofti Zadeh  (1921 – 2017) – one of  the founders of Fuzzy Logic.



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