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# Physics

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Physics is the science that studies matter, its properties, and the four fundamental forces.

Categories of physics with respect to theory:

- Classical Mechanics
- [Fluid Dynamics]?
  - Rheology
  - Hydrodynamics
- Thermodynamics
- Electromagnetism
  - Magnetism
- Statistical Mechanics
- Quantum Mechanics
- Theory of relativity
  - Special relativity
  - General relativity
- Quantum field theory
- ...
- Gravity
- [Mathematical Physics]?
- [Quantum string theory]?

Categories of physics with respect to building blocks:

- Atomic physics
- Nuclear physics
- Particle physics

The experiment is central to physics, and thus we may emphasize:

- Physics experimental methods

Alternatively, the categories could be similar to the divisions of the American Physical Society (APS). This approach would emphasize the topics that occupy physicists today. APS has the following divisions:

- Astrophysics
- Atomic, molecular, and optical physics
- [Biological physics]?
- [Chemical physics]?
- [Computational physics]?
- Condensed matter physics
- [Fluid dynamics]?
- [Polymer physics]?
- Laser science
- Materials physics
- Nuclear physics
- [Particles and fields]?
- [Physics of beams]?
- [Plasma physics]?

Categories of physics from a "social science" point of view:

- [History of Physics]?
- Famous Physicists
- [Large scale facilities]?
- Learned societies

Uncategorized

- Physical quantity
- Physical constants
- SI base unit
- Theory of everything

See also: Astronomy and Astrophysics.

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