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Physics (From: Physik (Epist Mē)

Physics is the natural science that studies matter, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. It is one of the most fundamental scientific disciplines, with the main goal of understanding how the universe behaves. Physics is one of the oldest academic disciplines and has intersected with many other areas of research over time. New discoveries in physics often enable new technologies and suggest new areas of study in other fields like mathematics and philosophy.

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Physics (From: Physik (Epist Mē)

Physics is the natural science that studies matter, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. It is one of the most fundamental scientific disciplines, with the main goal of understanding how the universe behaves. Physics is one of the oldest academic disciplines and has intersected with many other areas of research over time. New discoveries in physics often enable new technologies and suggest new areas of study in other fields like mathematics and philosophy.

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Physics (from Ancient Greek: φυσική (ἐπιστήμη), romanized: physikḗ (epistḗmē), lit.

'knowledge of
nature', from φύσις phýsis 'nature')[1][2][3] is the natural science that studies matter,[4] its motion and
behavior through space and time, and that studies the related entities of energy and force.[5] Physics
is one of the most fundamental scientific disciplines, and its main goal is to understand how
the universe behaves.[a][6][7][8]
Physics is one of the oldest academic disciplines and, through its inclusion of astronomy,
perhaps the oldest.[9] 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.[b] Physics intersects with many interdisciplinaryareas 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[6] 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;[6] advances
in thermodynamics led to the development of industrializ

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