I. SUBJECT DESCRIPTION
II. SUBJECT REQUIREMENTS
III. COURSE CURRICULUM
SUBJECT DATA
OBJECTIVES AND LEARNING OUTCOMES
TESTING AND ASSESSMENT OF LEARNING PERFORMANCE
THEMATIC UNITS AND FURTHER DETAILS
Subject name
Cosmic time travel
ID (subject code)
BMEGT41V107
Type of subject
contact lessons
Course types and lessons
Type
Lessons
Lecture
2
Practice
0
Laboratory
0
Type of assessment
exam grade
Number of credits
2
Subject Coordinator
Name
Dr. Kutrovátz Gábor
Position
assistant professor
Contact details
kutrovatz.gabor@gtk.bme.hu
Educational organisational unit for the subject
Department of Philosophy and History of Science
Language of the subject
magyar - HU
Curricular role of the subject, recommended number of terms
Direct prerequisites
Strong
None
Weak
None
Parallel
None
Exclusion
None
Validity of the Subject Description
Approved by the Faculty Board of Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences, Decree No: 581046/15/2021. Valid from: 24.11.2021.

Objectives

Introduce students into an essential component of the history of sciences, i.e. the development of Western astronomy and cosmology from antiquity to the early modern era,, as well as to the perspectives and research methods peculiar to this disciplinary field.

Academic results

Knowledge
  1. The student knows the conceptual and methodological fundamentals of the natural sciences.
  2. the occurences and the consequences of the relations between science, history,, society and culture on various levels.
  3. how the discipline being studied fits into a larger disciplinary and social scheme, how it relates to the neighbouring fields, how these fittings give rise to using certain contexts.
  4. how to navigate themselves among the plethora of scientific information and desinformation.
Skills
  1. Students acquire the skills to use professional terms, basic concepts and advanced elements of the special terminology of the profession.
  2. to see and treat science in its embeddedness, to use an interdisciplinary approach.
  3. to analyze, evaluate, draw conclusions and synthesize explanations in their professional work.
  4. to provide a critical analysis of information by using a wide array of well-founded techniques.
  5. to participate in lifelong learning.
  6. to use a multi-sided, interdisciplinary approach to identify specific problems, to explore and define the detailed theoretical and practical background that is needed to solve these problems.
  7. to discover facts and basic relationships by applying the theories and methods learned. To systematize, to analyze, to draw conclusions, to give critical remarks, to prepare proposals of decision-making and to make decisions both in a routine and in a non-routine - domestic and international - environment.
Attitude
  1. Accepts and consistently and plausibly represents the diversity of the perspectives of social sciences in the related narrower and wider environment.
  2. Demonstrates and open mind to critical self-evaluation, to various forms of training, to the self-help forms of intellectual worldview. Endeavours for self-development in these areas.
  3. Has problem-centric perspective and problem-solving thinking.
Independence and responsibility
  1. Develops a historically and politically consistent individual opinion in the narrow disciplinary niche that helps to develop self and environment.
  2. Becomes autonomous, constructive and assertive both in intra- and extra-institutional forms of cooperation.
  3. Becomes self-reliant in work besides being constantly critical and correcting own work.
  4. Takes the responsibility in forming and justifying professional views.
  5. Takes the responsibility for own analyses, conclusions and decisions.

Teaching methodology

Written and oral communiaction.

Materials supporting learning

  • 1. Slide-ok a kurzus hivatalos elektronikus felületén. Slides on the Moodle site of the subject.
  • 2. Vassányi M. – Kutrovátz G.: A világ bizonyos szimmetriája. A kora újkori csillagászat története válogatott források tükrében. Budapest: Typotex. 2021.
  • 3. Simonyi K.: A fizika kultúrtörténete. Gondolat, 1978 vagy Akadémiai, 1998.
  • 4. Duhem, P.: A jelenségek megőrzése. Kairosz, 2005.
  • 5. Koestler, A.: Alvajárók. Európa Könyvkiadó, 1996.
  • 6. Kuhn, T.: The Copernican Revolution. Harward, 1957.
  • 7. Dreyer, J.L.E.: A History of Astronomy from Thales to Kepler. Dover, 1953.

General Rules

A 2.2. pontban megfogalmazott tanulási eredmények értékelése.

Performance assessment methods

Összegző tanulmányi teljesítményértékelés: a tantárgy és tudás, képesség típusú kompetenciaelemeinek komplex, írásos értékelési módja zárthelyi dolgozat formájában.

Percentage of performance assessments, conducted during the study period, within the rating

  • 1. összegző tanulmányi teljesítményértékelés: 50
  • 2. összegző tanulmányi teljesítményértékelés: 50

Percentage of exam elements within the rating

Conditions for obtaining a signature, validity of the signature

Mindkét zárthelyi dolgozat eredménye legalábbv 40%.

Issuing grades

%
Excellent 90-100-100
Very good 86-89
Good 70-85
Satisfactory 56-69
Pass 40-55
Fail 0-39

Retake and late completion

A pótlási héten és/vagy a vizsgaidőszakban az egyik dolgozat eredménye pótolható és mindkettő javítható.

Coursework required for the completion of the subject

Nature of work Number of sessions per term
részvétel a kontakt tanórákon 28
felkészülés a teljesítményértékelésekre 32

Approval and validity of subject requirements

Consulted with the Faculty Student Representative Committee, approved by the Vice Dean for Education, valid from: 04.10.2021.

Topics covered during the term

1. Bevezetés. A görög preszókratikus korszak csillagászati és kozmológiai elképzelései 2. A görög tudományos csillagászat születése: az Akadémia korai korszaka 3. A Föld mozgásának kérdése és a nemsztenderd ókori csillagászati elméletek 4. A késői görög csillagászat eredményei: a ptolemaioszi rendszer 5. Csillagászat az európai és a muzulmán középkorban 6. Csillagászat a korai reneszánsz korszakban 7. 1. ZH 8. Kopernikusz munkássága 9. Kopernikusz hatása a 16. században 10. Kepler munkássága 11. Galilei munkássága 12. Csillagászat a tudományos forradalom idején 13. A newtoni szintézis és az új világkép 14. 2. ZH.

Lecture topics

Additional lecturers

Name Position Contact details

Approval and validity of subject requirements