Physics Subject Area
A Physics Subject Area is a subject area in Natural Science that is based on Physics concepts.
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- It can involve a Physics Book, such as a Physics Encyclopedia.
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- See: Calculus, Online Etymology Dictionary, Natural Science, Matter, The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Richard Feynman, Atomic Theory, Motion (Physics), Spacetime, Energy, Force, Universe.
References
2021
- (Wikipedia, 2021) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physics Retrieved:2021-1-17.
- Physics (from , from phýsis 'nature')[1] [2] [3] is the natural science that studies matter,its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force.[4] Physics is one of the most fundamental scientific disciplines, and its main goal is to understand how the universe behaves.[5] [6] [7]
Physics is one of the oldest academic disciplines and, through its inclusion of astronomy, perhaps the oldest.[8] Over much of the past two millennia, physics, chemistry, biology, and certain branches of mathematics were a part of natural philosophy, but during the Scientific Revolution in the 17th century these natural sciences emerged as unique research endeavors in their own right. Physics intersects with many interdisciplinary areas of research, such as biophysics and quantum chemistry, and the boundaries of physics are not rigidly defined. New ideas in physics often explain the fundamental mechanisms studied by other sciences and suggest new avenues of research in academic disciplines such as mathematics and philosophy.
Advances in physics often enable advances in new technologies. For example, advances in the understanding of electromagnetism, solid-state physics, and nuclear physics led directly to the development of new products that have dramatically transformed modern-day society, such as television, computers, domestic appliances, and nuclear weapons; advances in thermodynamics led to the development of industrialization; and advances in mechanics inspired the development of calculus.
- Physics (from , from phýsis 'nature')[1] [2] [3] is the natural science that studies matter,its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force.[4] Physics is one of the most fundamental scientific disciplines, and its main goal is to understand how the universe behaves.[5] [6] [7]
- ↑ "physics". Online Etymology Dictionary. Archived from the original on 24 December 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- ↑ "physic". [ "physic". Online Etymology Dictionary. Archived from the original on 24 December 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016. Online Etymology Dictionary]. Archived from the original on 24 December 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- ↑ Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project
- ↑ "Physical science is that department of knowledge which relates to the order of nature, or, in other words, to the regular succession of events."
- ↑ "Physics is one of the most fundamental of the sciences. Scientists of all disciplines use the ideas of physics, including chemists who study the structure of molecules, paleontologists who try to reconstruct how dinosaurs walked, and climatologists who study how human activities affect the atmosphere and oceans. Physics is also the foundation of all engineering and technology. No engineer could design a flat-screen TV, an interplanetary spacecraft, or even a better mousetrap without first understanding the basic laws of physics. (...) You will come to see physics as a towering achievement of the human intellect in its quest to understand our world and ourselves."
- ↑ "Physics is an experimental science. Physicists observe the phenomena of nature and try to find patterns that relate these phenomena."
- ↑ "Physics is the study of your world and the world and universe around you."
- ↑ Holzner 2006, p. 7 "Physics is the study of your world and the world and universe around you."