of matter[4] and its motion through rough its inclusion of astrospace and time,

nomy.[9] Over the last two millennia, physics was a part of natural philosophy a
long with chemistry, certain branches of mathematics, and biology, but during th
e scientific revolution in the 17th century, the natural sciences emerged as uni
que research programs in their own right.[b] Physics intersects with many interd
isciplinary areas of research, such as biophysics and quantum chemistry, and the
boundaries of physics are not rigidly defined. New ideas in physics often expla
in the fundamental mechanisms of other sciences[6] while opening new avenues of
research in areas such as mathematics and philosophy.
Physics also makes significant contributions through advances in new is as isdas
d sadazxcZxcZxcZcZ along with related concepts such as energy and force.[5] More
broadly, it is one of the main[disputed
discuss] analysis of nature, conducted
in order to understand how the universe behaves.[a][6][7][8]
Physics is one of the oldest academic disciplines, perhaps the oldest th