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physics
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physics	has definition The scientific study of the interactions of matter and energy.
	is a kind of science

Kinds of physics :

• astrophysics (1 kind, 4 facts) - The science that studies the physics and chemistry of extraterrestrial objects. The alliance of physics and astronomy, which began with the advent of spectroscopy, made it possible to investigate what celestial objects are and not just where they are.
• classical physics (2 facts) - Physics prior to the introduction of the quantum principle. Classical physics incorporates Newtonian mechanics, views energy as a continuum, and is strictly causal.
• dynamics (3 kinds, 11 facts) - Study, in physics, of the motion and equilibrium of systems under the influence of force., The physics that explains how particles and systems move under the influence of forces. The dynamical laws of a theory give a quantitative statement of the response of a particle to an applied force.
• high energy physics (2 kinds, 7 facts)
• mechanics (1 kind, 4 facts) - The study, in physics, of the influence of forces.
• optics (2 facts) - The science of light.
• thermodynamics (5 facts) (statistical mechanics) - The study of the behavior of heat (and, by implication, other forms of energy) in changing systems., Laws developed in the nineteenth century to describe aspects of heat, work, energy, entropy, and their mutual evolution in a physical system., The area of physics that analyzes the behavior of a system with very many members, such as a gas with many individual molecules. In such a situation, the behavior of the whole system is obtained by averaging over the behavior of individual members.