asic principles of physics[edit]

Physics – branch of science that studies matter[9] and its motion through space and time, along with
related concepts such as energy and force.[10] Physics is one of the "fundamental sciences" because
the other natural sciences (like biology, geology etc.) deal with systems that seem to obey the laws
of physics. According to physics, the physical laws of matter, energy and the fundamental forces of
nature govern the interactions between particles and physical entities (such as planets, molecules,
atoms or the subatomic particles). Some of the basic pursuits of physics, which include some of the
most prominent developments in modern science in the last millennium, include:

 Describing the nature, measuring and quantifying of bodies and their motion, dynamics etc.
o Newton's laws of motion
o Mass, force and weight (Mass versus weight)
o Momentum and conservation of energy
o Gravity, theories of gravity
o Energy, work, and their relationship
o Motion, position, and energy
o Different forms of Energy, their inter-conversion and the inevitable loss of energy in
the form of heat (Thermodynamics)
o Energy conservation, conversion, and transfer.
o Energy source the transfer of energy from one source to work in another.
 Kinetic molecular theory
o Phases of matter and phase transitions
o Temperature and thermometers
o Energy and heat
o Heat flow: conduction, convection, and radiation
o The three laws of thermodynamics
 The principles of waves and sound
 The principles of electricity, magnetism, and electromagnetism
 The principles, sources, and properties of light
 Basic quantities
o Acceleration
o Electric charge
o Energy
o Entropy
o Force
o Length
o Mass
o Matter
o Momentum
o Potential energy
o Space
o Temperature
o Time
o Velocity
Gravity, light, physical system, physical observation, physical quantity, physical state, physical
unit, physical theory, physical experiment
Theoretical concepts Mass–energy equivalence, particle, physical field, physical interaction, physical
law, fundamental force, physical constant, wave

Measurement[edit]
 Measurement
 SI units
 Conversion of units
 Length
 Time
 Mass
 Density
Motion[edit]
 Motion
 Velocity
 Speed
 Acceleration
 Constant acceleration
 Newton's laws of motion
Overview[edit]
Physics This is a list of the primary theories in physics, major subtopics, and concepts.
Note: the Theory column below contains links to articles with infoboxes at the top of their
respective pages which list the major concepts.

Theory Major subtopics Concepts

Newton's laws of Density, dimension, gravity, space, tim

motion, Lagrangian
mechanics, Hamiltonian
Classical
mechanics, kinematics, statics, dy
mechanics
namics, chaos
theory, acoustics, fluid
dynamics, continuum mechanics
e, motion, length,
position, velocity, acceleration, mass, 
momentum, force, energy, angular
momentum, torque, conservation
law, harmonic
oscillator, wave, work, power

Capacitance, electric charge, electric
current, electrical conductivity, electric
field, electric permittivity, electrical
Electrostatics, electrodynamics, el resistance, electromagnetic
Electromagnetis
ectricity, magnetism, Maxwell's field, electromagnetic
m
equations, optics induction, electromagnetic
radiation, Gaussian surface, magnetic
field, magnetic flux, magnetic
monopole, magnetic permeability
 Covariance, Einstein
manifold, equivalence principle, four-
momentum, four-vector, general
principle of relativity, geodesic
motion, gravity, gravitoelectromagneti
sm, inertial frame of
reference, invariance, length
contraction, Lorentzian
Theory of Special relativity, general manifold, Lorentz
relativity relativity, Einstein field equations transformation, metric, Minkowski
diagram, Minkowski space, principle
of relativity, proper length, proper
time, reference frame, rest
energy, rest mass, relativity of
simultaneity, spacetime, special
principle of relativity, speed of
light, stress–energy tensor, time
dilation, twin paradox, world line

Boltzmann's constant, conjugate
variables, enthalpy, entropy, equation
of state, equipartition theorem, first
law of thermodynamics, free
energy, heat, ideal gas law, internal
energy, irreversible process, partition
function, pressure, reversible
process, second law of
Thermodynamic
thermodynamics, spontaneous
s and statistical Heat engine, kinetic theory
process, state function, statistical
mechanics
ensemble, temperature, thermodynam
ic equilibrium, thermodynamic
potential, thermodynamic
processes, thermodynamic
state, thermodynamic system, third
law of
thermodynamics, viscosity, zeroth law
of thermodynamics

Quantum Path integral Adiabatic

mechanics formulation, scattering
theory, Schrödinger
equation, quantum field
theory, quantum statistical
mechanics
approximation, correspondence
principle, free
particle, Hamiltonian, Hilbert
space, identical particles, matrix
mechanics, Planck's
constant, operators, quanta, quantizati
on, quantum entanglement, quantum
harmonic oscillator, quantum
number, quantum
tunneling, Schrödinger's cat, Dirac
equation, spin, wavefunction, wave
mechanics, wave–particle
duality, zero-point energy, Pauli
exclusion principle, Heisenberg
uncertainty principle