The History of Physics and Technology

The History of Physics and Technology

Contents
The course aims at showing how thermodynamics is the result of the physicists' attempts to understand how the steam engine functions. And how electrodynamics at the same time was developed by the physicists with the aim to obtain insight in Nature.

Text-books
Ole Knudsen, Elektromagnetismens historie 1820-1831 og Faradays opdagelse af induktionen (Gyldendal 1980). Henry Nielsen, Fysikken og Den industrielle Revolution (How 1987) plus distributed articles and texts.

Evaluation
To pass requires active participation or passing an exam. It is possible to obtain further credits by writing an essay.

ECTS-credits
5, by writing an essay 5 ECTS-credits further.

Semester
Is offered on a regular basis.