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astrophysics, the physics in the universe, including the properties and interactions of celestial bodies in astronomy; atmospheric physics is the application of physics to the study of the atmosphere; space physics is the study of plasmas as they occur naturally in the Earth's upper atmosphere (aeronomy) and within the Solar System
Most disciplines are broken down into (potentially overlapping) branches called sub-disciplines. There is no consensus on how some academic disciplines should be classified (e.g., whether anthropology and linguistics are disciplines of social sciences or fields within the humanities). More generally, the proper criteria for organizing knowledge ...
561 Atomic/Molecular/Chemical Physics; 564 Particle (Elementary) physics; 565 Biophysics (also in biological/biomedical sciences) 568 Nuclear Physics; 569 Optics/Photonics; 570 Plasma/Fusion Physics; 572 Polymer Physics; 574 Condensed Matter/Low Temperature Physics; 576 Applied Physics; 577 Medical Physics/Radiological Science; 578 Physics ...
The branches of science, also referred to as scientific fields, scientific disciplines, or just sciences, can be arbitrarily divided into three major groups: The natural sciences (biology, chemistry, physics, astronomy, and Earth sciences), which study nature in the broadest sense;
History of physics – history of the physical science that studies matter and its motion through space-time, and related concepts such as energy and force . History of acoustics – history of the study of mechanical waves in solids, liquids, and gases (such as vibration and sound)
A scholar's discipline is commonly defined by the university faculties and learned societies to which they belong and the academic journals in which they publish research. Disciplines vary between well-established ones in almost all universities with well-defined rosters of journals and conferences and nascent ones supported by only a few ...
Physics is one of the oldest academic disciplines, perhaps the oldest through its inclusion of astronomy. [ note 4 ] Over the last two millennia, physics was a part of natural philosophy along with chemistry , certain branches of mathematics , and biology , but during the Scientific Revolution in the 16th century, the natural sciences emerged ...
Engineering physics (EP), sometimes engineering science, is the field of study combining pure science disciplines (such as physics, mathematics, chemistry or biology) and engineering disciplines (computer, nuclear, electrical, aerospace, medical, materials, mechanical, etc.).