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| '''Physics''' ([[Ancient Greek|Greek]]: (''phúsis''), "[[nature]]") is the branch of [[science]] concerned with the discovery and characterization of [[universal law]]s which govern [[matter]], [[energy]], [[space]], and [[time]]. The role of physics, then, is to provide a logically ordered picture of [[nature]] in agreement with experience. | '''Physics''' ([[Ancient Greek|Greek]]: (''phúsis''), "[[nature]]") is the branch of [[science]] concerned with the discovery and characterization of [[universal law]]s which govern [[matter]], [[energy]], [[space]], and [[time]]. The role of physics, then, is to provide a logically ordered picture of [[nature]] in agreement with experience. | ||
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| * [[Glossary of classical physics]] | * [[Glossary of classical physics]] | ||
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Physics (Greek: (phúsis), "nature") is the branch of science concerned with the discovery and characterization of universal laws which govern matter, energy, space, and time. The role of physics, then, is to provide a logically ordered picture of nature in agreement with experience.
See also
- General
- Glossary of classical physics
- Index of physics articles
- List of elementary physics formulae
- List of important publications in physics
- List of unsolved problems in physics
- Perfection in physics and chemistry
- Philosophy of physics
- Physics (Aristotle) – an early book on physics, which attempted to analyze and define motion from a philosophical point of view
- Timeline of fundamental physics discoveries
- Related fields
- Interdisciplinary fields incorporating physics
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