Physical World

Physics Importance and Scope

Physics is the branch of science that deals with the natural phenomena in terms of basic
laws and physical quantities.

The scope of physics can be divided into two major domains that are, macroscopic and
microscopic.

The macroscopic domain deals with phenomena at laboratory, realistic, terrestrial and
astronomical scale and the microscopic domain deals with nuclear, molecular and atomic
phenomena.

Reductionism is the approach to derive the properties of bigger or more complex system
from the properties or interaction of the simpler parts or constituents of the system.

There are four fundamental forces in nature and all other forces we know derived from
these forces. These fundamental forces are gravitational force, electromagnetic force,
weak nuclear force and strong nuclear force.

Scientific generalizations based on physicist’s observations and experiments are presented

as laws or empirical relations in form of mathematical equations are known as physical
laws.