| Academic Year |
2025Year |
School/Graduate School |
Liberal Arts Education Program |
| Lecture Code |
66832001 |
Subject Classification |
Area Courses |
| Subject Name |
科学技術史 |
Subject Name
（Katakana） |
カガクギジユツシ |
Subject Name in
English |
Studies of Science and Technology |
| Instructor |
NAKAZAWA SATOSHI |
Instructor
(Katakana) |
ナカザワ サトシ |
| Campus |
Higashi-Senda |
Semester/Term |
1st-Year, First Semester, First Semester |
| Days, Periods, and Classrooms |
(1st) Mon13-14：Higashi-Senda Lecture Rm M204 |
| Lesson Style |
Lecture |
Lesson Style
(More Details) |
Face-to-face |
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| Credits |
2.0 |
Class Hours/Week |
2 |
Language of Instruction |
J
:
Japanese |
| Course Level |
1
:
Undergraduate Introductory
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| Course Area（Area） |
23
:
Arts and Humanities |
| Course Area（Discipline） |
08
:
History of Science and Technology |
| Eligible Students |
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| Keywords |
Science, Art, Technology |
| Special Subject for Teacher Education |
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Special Subject |
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Class Status within
Liberal Arts Education | Area Courses（Courses in Arts and Humanities/Social Sciences) Category：Anthropology / Geography / History |
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| Expected Outcome | 1. To be able to explain the formation and development processes and contemporary issues of each academic discipline.
2. To be able to explain historical and contemporary issues that span multiple academic disciplines from multifaceted perspectives. |
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Class Objectives
/Class Outline |
This course deals with the history of science and technology from ancient times. |
| Class Schedule |
lesson1: Introduction: Art and Science
lesson2: Ancient sciences as demonstrated knowledge
lesson3: Ancient astronomy and the Cosmos
lesson4: Diffusion of ancient sciences and astrology
lesson5: Development of fire arms and the Military Revolution
lesson6: The Copernican Revolution
lesson7: Inertia and the Newtonian space
lesson8: The conservation laws and the vis viva controversy
lesson9: From steam engine to thermodynamics 1
lesson10: From steam engine to thermodynamics 2
lesson11: The parallel postulate and the non-Euclidean space
lesson12: Measuring the infinite
lesson13: Proving the unprovablity
lesson14: Chance and Probability
lesson15: Summary |
Text/Reference
Books,etc. |
See the handouts. |
PC or AV used in
Class,etc. |
Handouts, Visual Materials |
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| Learning techniques to be incorporated |
Quizzes/ Quiz format, Post-class Report |
Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review |
This course is conducted in Japanese. Please see the Japanese syllabus for more detail. |
| Requirements |
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| Grading Method |
Reports |
| Practical Experience |
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| Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it |
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| Message |
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| Other |
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Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes.
Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching. |