Physics

This article is about the eld of science. For other uses, advances in thermodynamics led to the development of
see Physics (disambiguation).
industrialization, and advances in mechanics inspired the
development of calculus.

1 History
Main article: History of physics

1.1 Ancient astronomy

Main article: History of astronomy
Astronomy is the oldest of the natural sciences. The ear-

Various examples of physical phenomena.

Further information: Outline of physics

Physics (from Ancient Greek: ()

phusik (epistm) knowledge of nature, from
phsis nature[1][2][3] ) is the natural science that involves the study of matter[4] and its motion through space
and time, along with related concepts such as energy
and force.[5] More broadly, it is the general analysis of
nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe
Ancient Egyptian astronomy is evident in monuments like the
behaves.[lower-alpha 1][6][7]
ceiling of Senemuts tomb from the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt.
Physics is one of the oldest academic disciplines, perhaps the oldest through its inclusion of astronomy.[8] liest civilizations dating back to beyond 3000 BCE, such
Over the last two millennia, physics was a part of natural as the Sumerians, ancient Egyptians, and the Indus Valley
philosophy along with chemistry, certain branches of Civilization, all had a predictive knowledge and a basic
mathematics, and biology, but during the scientic rev- understanding of the motions of the Sun, Moon, and stars.
olution in the 17th century, the natural sciences emerged The stars and planets were often a target of worship, beas unique research programs in their own right.[lower-alpha 2] lieved to represent their gods. While the explanations for
Physics intersects with many interdisciplinary areas of re- these phenomena were often unscientic and lacking in
search, such as biophysics and quantum chemistry, and evidence, these early observations laid the foundation for
the boundaries of physics are not rigidly dened. New later astronomy.[8]
ideas in physics often explain the fundamental mecha- According to Asger Aaboe, the origins of Western asnisms of other sciences[6] while opening new avenues of tronomy can be found in Mesopotamia, and all Westresearch in areas such as mathematics and philosophy.
ern eorts in the exact sciences are descended from
late Babylonian astronomy.[9] Egyptian astronomers left
monuments showing knowledge of the constellations and
the motions of the celestial bodies,[10] while Greek poet
Homer wrote of various celestial objects in his Iliad and
Odyssey; later Greek astronomers provided names, which
are still used today, for most constellations visible from
the northern hemisphere.[11]

Physics also makes signicant contributions through advances in new technologies that arise from theoretical
breakthroughs. For example, advances in the understanding of electromagnetism or nuclear physics led directly
to the development of new products that have dramatically transformed modern-day society, such as television,
computers, domestic appliances, and nuclear weapons;[6]
1

1.2

HISTORY

Natural philosophy

in the 16th and 17th Centuries, and Isaac Newton's discovery and unication of the laws of motion and universal
Main article: Natural philosophy
gravitation that would come to bear his name.[16] Newton also developed calculus,[lower-alpha 3] the mathematical
mathematical methNatural philosophy has its origins in Greece during the study of change, which provided new
[17]
ods
for
solving
physical
problems.
Archaic period, (650 BC 480 BC), when Pre-Socratic
philosophers like Thales rejected non-naturalistic expla- The discovery of new laws in thermodynamics,
nations for natural phenomena and proclaimed that ev- chemistry, and electromagnetics resulted from greater
ery event had a natural cause.[12] They proposed ideas research eorts during the Industrial Revolution as
veried by reason and observation, and many of their energy needs increased.[18] The laws comprising classical
hypotheses proved successful in experiment;[13] for ex- physics remain very widely used for objects on everyday
ample, atomism was found to be correct approximately scales travelling at non-relativistic speeds, since they
2000 years after it was rst proposed by Leucippus and provide a very close approximation in such situations,
his pupil Democritus.[14]
and theories such as quantum mechanics and the theory
of relativity simplify to their classical equivalents at such
scales. However, inaccuracies in classical mechanics for
1.3 Classical physics
very small objects and very high velocities led to the
development of modern physics in the 20th century.
Main article: Classical physics
Physics became a separate science when early modern

1.4 Modern physics

Main article: Modern physics
See also: History of special relativity and History of quantum mechanics
Modern physics began in the early 20th century with the

Sir Isaac Newton (16431727), whose laws of motion and

universal gravitation were major milestones in classical physics

Europeans used experimental and quantitative methods

to discover what are now considered to be the laws of
Albert Einstein (18791955), whose work on the photoelectric
physics.[15]
eect and the theory of relativity led to a revolution in 20th cenMajor developments in this period include the replacement of the geocentric model of the solar system with
the helio-centric Copernican model, the laws governing
the motion of planetary bodies determined by Johannes
Kepler between 1609 and 1619, pioneering work on
telescopes and observational astronomy by Galileo Galilei

tury physics

work of Max Planck in quantum theory and Albert Einstein's theory of relativity. Both of these theories came
about due to inaccuracies in classical mechanics in certain situations. Classical mechanics predicted a varying

2 Philosophy
Main article: Philosophy of physics
In many ways, physics stems from ancient Greek philosophy. From Thales' rst attempt to characterize matter, to Democritus' deduction that matter ought to reduce to an invariant state, the Ptolemaic astronomy of
a crystalline rmament, and Aristotles book Physics (an
early book on physics, which attempted to analyze and
dene motion from a philosophical point of view), various Greek philosophers advanced their own theories of
nature. Physics was known as natural philosophy until the
late 18th century.[24]
By the 19th century, physics was realized as a discipline distinct from philosophy and the other sciences.
Physics, as with the rest of science, relies on philosophy
of science to give an adequate description of the scientic method.[25] The scientic method employs a priori
reasoning as well as a posteriori reasoning and the use
of Bayesian inference to measure the validity of a given
theory.[26]

Max Planck (18581947), the originator of the theory of

quantum mechanics

The development of physics has answered many questions

of early philosophers, but has also raised new questions.
Study of the philosophical issues surrounding physics, the
philosophy of physics, involves issues such as the nature
of space and time, determinism, and metaphysical outlooks such as empiricism, naturalism and realism.[27]
Many physicists have written about the philosophical implications of their work, for instance Laplace, who championed causal determinism,[28] and Erwin Schrdinger,
who wrote on quantum mechanics.[29][30] The mathematical physicist Roger Penrose has been called a Platonist
by Stephen Hawking,[31] a view Penrose discusses in his
book, The Road to Reality.[32] Hawking refers to himself
as an unashamed reductionist and takes issue with Penroses views.[33]

speed of light, which could not be resolved with the constant speed predicted by Maxwells equations of electromagnetism; this discrepancy was corrected by Einsteins
theory of special relativity, which replaced classical mechanics for fast-moving bodies and allowed for a constant
speed of light.[19] Black body radiation provided another
problem for classical physics, which was corrected when
Planck proposed that light comes in individual packets 3 Core theories
known as photons; this, along with the photoelectric effect and a complete theory predicting discrete energy lev- Further information: Branches of physics, Outline of
els of electron orbitals, led to the theory of quantum me- physics
chanics taking over from classical physics at very small
scales.[20]
Though physics deals with a wide variety of systems, cerQuantum mechanics would come to be pioneered tain theories are used by all physicists. Each of these
by Werner Heisenberg, Erwin Schrdinger and Paul theories were experimentally tested numerous times and
Dirac.[20] From this early work, and work in related found correct as an approximation of nature (within a
elds, the Standard Model of particle physics was certain domain of validity). For instance, the theory of
derived.[21] Following the discovery of a particle with classical mechanics accurately describes the motion of
properties consistent with the Higgs boson at CERN in objects, provided they are much larger than atoms and
2012,[22] all fundamental particles predicted by the stan- moving at much less than the speed of light. These thedard model, and no others, appear to exist; however, ories continue to be areas of active research, and a rephysics beyond the Standard Model, with theories such markable aspect of classical mechanics known as chaos
as supersymmetry, is an active area of research.[23]
was discovered in the 20th century, three centuries after

CORE THEORIES

the original formulation of classical mechanics by Isaac into solid mechanics and uid mechanics (known toNewton (16421727).
gether as continuum mechanics), the latter including such
These central theories are important tools for research branches as hydrostatics, hydrodynamics, aerodynamics,
is
into more specialised topics, and any physicist, regard- and pneumatics. Acoustics is the study of how sound
[34]
produced,
controlled,
transmitted
and
received.
Imless of their specialisation, is expected to be literate
in them. These include classical mechanics, quantum portant modern branches of acoustics include ultrasonics,
mechanics, thermodynamics and statistical mechanics, the study of sound waves of very high frequency beyond
the range of human hearing; bioacoustics the physics of
electromagnetism, and special relativity.
animal calls and hearing,[35] and electroacoustics, the manipulation of audible sound waves using electronics.[36]
Optics, the study of light, is concerned not only with
3.1 Classical physics
visible light but also with infrared and ultraviolet radiation, which exhibit all of the phenomena of visible light
Main article: Classical physics
except visibility, e.g., reection, refraction, interference,
Classical physics includes the traditional branches diraction, dispersion, and polarization of light. Heat
is a form of energy, the internal energy possessed by
the particles of which a substance is composed; thermodynamics deals with the relationships between heat
and other forms of energy. Electricity and magnetism
have been studied as a single branch of physics since
the intimate connection between them was discovered in
the early 19th century; an electric current gives rise to
a magnetic eld, and a changing magnetic eld induces
an electric current. Electrostatics deals with electric
charges at rest, electrodynamics with moving charges, and
magnetostatics with magnetic poles at rest.

3.2 Modern physics

Main article: Modern physics
Classical physics is generally concerned with matter and

Classical physics implemented in an acoustic engineering model

of sound reecting from an acoustic diuser

and topics that were recognised and well-developed

before the beginning of the 20th centuryclassical
mechanics, acoustics, optics, thermodynamics, and
electromagnetism. Classical mechanics is concerned
with bodies acted on by forces and bodies in motion
and may be divided into statics (study of the forces
on a body or bodies not subject to an acceleration), kinematics (study of motion without regard to
its causes), and dynamics (study of motion and the
forces that aect it); mechanics may also be divided

Solvay Conference of 1927, with prominent physicists such

as Albert Einstein, Werner Heisenberg, Max Planck, Hendrik
Lorentz, Niels Bohr, Marie Curie, Erwin Schrdinger and Paul
Dirac.

energy on the normal scale of observation, while much of

modern physics is concerned with the behavior of matter
and energy under extreme conditions or on a very large or
very small scale. For example, atomic and nuclear physics
studies matter on the smallest scale at which chemical
elements can be identied. The physics of elementary
particles is on an even smaller scale since it is concerned

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with the most basic units of matter; this branch of physics descriptions; several candidate theories of quantum gravis also known as high-energy physics because of the ex- ity are being developed.
tremely high energies necessary to produce many types
of particles in large particle accelerators. On this scale,
ordinary, commonsense notions of space, time, matter, 4 Relation to other elds
and energy are no longer valid.
The two chief theories of modern physics present a different picture of the concepts of space, time, and matter
from that presented by classical physics. Quantum theory is concerned with the discrete, rather than continuous, nature of many phenomena at the atomic and subatomic level and with the complementary aspects of particles and waves in the description of such phenomena.
The theory of relativity is concerned with the description
of phenomena that take place in a frame of reference that
is in motion with respect to an observer; the special theory
of relativity is concerned with relative uniform motion in
a straight line and the general theory of relativity with
accelerated motion and its connection with gravitation.
Both quantum theory and the theory of relativity nd ap- This parabola-shaped lava ow illustrates the application of
plications in all areas of modern physics.
mathematics in physicsin this case, Galileo's law of falling
bodies.

3.3

Dierence between classical and modern physics

Far less than

Comparable to

Far larger than

Near or less than

The basic domains of physics

While physics aims to discover universal laws, its theories

lie in explicit domains of applicability. Loosely speaking,
the laws of classical physics accurately describe systems
whose important length scales are greater than the atomic
scale and whose motions are much slower than the speed
of light. Outside of this domain, observations do not
match their predictions. Albert Einstein contributed the
framework of special relativity, which replaced notions
of absolute time and space with spacetime and allowed
an accurate description of systems whose components
have speeds approaching the speed of light. Max Planck,
Erwin Schrdinger, and others introduced quantum mechanics, a probabilistic notion of particles and interactions that allowed an accurate description of atomic and
subatomic scales. Later, quantum eld theory unied
quantum mechanics and special relativity. General relativity allowed for a dynamical, curved spacetime, with
which highly massive systems and the large-scale structure of the universe can be well-described. General relativity has not yet been unied with the other fundamental

4.1 Prerequisites
Mathematics is the language used for compact description of the order in nature, especially the laws of
physics. This was noted and advocated by Pythagoras,[37]
Plato,[38] Galileo,[39] and Newton.
Physics theories use mathematics[40] to obtain order and
provide precise formulas, precise or estimated solutions,
quantitative results and predictions. Experiment results in physics are numerical measurements. Technologies based on mathematics, like computation have made
computational physics an active area of research.
Ontology is a prerequisite for physics, but not for mathematics. It means physics is ultimately concerned with
descriptions of the real world, while mathematics is concerned with abstract patterns, even beyond the real world.
Thus physics statements are synthetic, while mathematical statements are analytic. Mathematics contains hypotheses, while physics contains theories. Mathematics
statements have to be only logically true, while predictions of physics statements must match observed and experimental data.
The distinction is clear-cut, but not always obvious.
For example, mathematical physics is the application of
mathematics in physics. Its methods are mathematical,
but its subject is physical.[41] The problems in this eld
start with a "mathematical model of a physical situation"
and a mathematical description of a physical law. Every mathematical statement used for solution has a hardto-nd physical meaning. The nal mathematical solution has an easier-to-nd meaning, because it is what the
solver is looking for.

5 RESEARCH

Physics is a branch of fundamental science, not practical

science.[42] Physics is also called the fundamental science because the subject of study of all branches of
natural science like chemistry, astronomy, geology and
biology are constrained by laws of physics,[43] similar
to how chemistry is often called the central science because of its role in linking the physical sciences. For
example, chemistry studies properties, structures, and
reactions of matter (chemistrys focus on the atomic scale
distinguishes it from physics). Structures are formed because particles exert electrical forces on each other, properties include physical characteristics of given substances,
and reactions are bound by laws of physics, like conservation of energy, mass and charge.

5 Research
5.1 Scientic method
Physicists use the scientic method to test the validity of
a physical theory, using a methodical approach to compare the implications of the theory in question with the
associated conclusions drawn from experiments and observations conducted to test it. Experiments and observations are collected and compared with the predictions
and hypotheses made by a theory, thus aiding in the determination or the validity/invalidity of the theory.

A scientic law is a concise verbal or mathematical statePhysics is applied in industries like engineering and ment of a relation which expresses a fundamental principle of some theory, such as Newtons law of universal
medicine.
gravitation.[44]

4.2

Application and inuence

Main article: Applied physics

Applied physics is a general term for physics research
which is intended for a particular use. An applied physics
curriculum usually contains a few classes in an applied
discipline, like geology or electrical engineering. It usually diers from engineering in that an applied physicist
may not be designing something in particular, but rather
is using physics or conducting physics research with the
aim of developing new technologies or solving a problem.
The approach is similar to that of applied mathematics. Applied physicists can also be interested in the use
of physics for scientic research. For instance, people
working on accelerator physics might seek to build better
particle detectors for research in theoretical physics.
Physics is used heavily in engineering. For example,
statics, a subeld of mechanics, is used in the building
of bridges and other static structures. The understanding
and use of acoustics results in sound control and better
concert halls; similarly, the use of optics creates better
optical devices. An understanding of physics makes for
more realistic ight simulators, video games, and movies,
and is often critical in forensic investigations.
With the standard consensus that the laws of physics
are universal and do not change with time, physics can
be used to study things that would ordinarily be mired
in uncertainty. For example, in the study of the origin of the earth, one can reasonably model earths mass,
temperature, and rate of rotation, as a function of time allowing one to extrapolate forward and backward in time
and so predict prior and future conditions. It also allows
for simulations in engineering which drastically speed up
the development of a new technology.

5.2 Theory and experiment

Main articles: Theoretical physics and Experimental
physics
Theorists seek to develop mathematical models that
both agree with existing experiments and successfully
predict future experimental results, while experimentalists devise and perform experiments to test theoretical predictions and explore new phenomena. Although
theory and experiment are developed separately, they
are strongly dependent upon each other. Progress in
physics frequently comes about when experimentalists
make a discovery that existing theories cannot explain,
or when new theories generate experimentally testable
predictions, which inspire new experiments.
Physicists who work at the interplay of theory and
experiment are called phenomenologists. Phenomenologists look at the complex phenomena observed in experiment and work to relate them to fundamental theory.
Theoretical physics has historically taken inspiration
from philosophy; electromagnetism was unied this
way.[lower-alpha 4] Beyond the known universe, the eld
of theoretical physics also deals with hypothetical
issues,[lower-alpha 5] such as parallel universes, a multiverse,
and higher dimensions. Theorists invoke these ideas in
hopes of solving particular problems with existing theories. They then explore the consequences of these ideas
and work toward making testable predictions.

Experimental physics expands, and is expanded by,

engineering and technology. Experimental physicists involved in basic research design and perform experiments
with equipment such as particle accelerators and lasers,
whereas those involved in applied research often work in
But there is also considerable interdisciplinarity in the industry developing technologies such as magnetic resophysicists methods, so many other important elds are nance imaging (MRI) and transistors. Feynman has noted
inuenced by physics (e.g., the elds of econophysics and that experimentalists may seek areas which are not wellsociophysics).
explored by theorists.[45]

5.4

5.3

Research elds

Scope and aims

Physics covers a wide range of phenomena, from

elementary particles (such as quarks, neutrinos, and electrons) to the largest superclusters of galaxies. Included in
these phenomena are the most basic objects composing
all other things. Therefore physics is sometimes called
the "fundamental science".[43] Physics aims to describe
the various phenomena that occur in nature in terms of
simpler phenomena. Thus, physics aims to both connect
the things observable to humans to root causes, and then
connect these causes together.
For example, the ancient Chinese observed that certain
rocks (lodestone) were attracted to one another by some
invisible force. This eect was later called magnetism,
and was rst rigorously studied in the 17th century. A
little earlier than the Chinese, the ancient Greeks knew
of other objects such as amber, that when rubbed with
fur would cause a similar invisible attraction between the
two. This was also rst studied rigorously in the 17th century, and came to be called electricity. Thus, physics had
come to understand two observations of nature in terms
of some root cause (electricity and magnetism). However, further work in the 19th century revealed that these
two forces were just two dierent aspects of one force
electromagnetism. This process of unifying forces continues today, and electromagnetism and the weak nuclear force are now considered to be two aspects of the
electroweak interaction. Physics hopes to nd an ultimate reason (Theory of Everything) for why nature is as
it is (see section Current research below for more information).

5.4

Research elds

Contemporary research in physics can be broadly divided

into condensed matter physics; atomic, molecular, and
optical physics; particle physics; astrophysics; geophysics
and biophysics. Some physics departments also support
physics education research and physics outreach.
Since the 20th century, the individual elds of physics
have become increasingly specialized, and today most
physicists work in a single eld for their entire careers.
Universalists such as Albert Einstein (18791955) and
Lev Landau (19081968), who worked in multiple elds
of physics, are now very rare.[lower-alpha 6]

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is extremely large and the interactions between them are
strong.[47]
The most familiar examples of condensed phases are
solids and liquids, which arise from the bonding by way of
the electromagnetic force between atoms.[48] More exotic
condensed phases include the superuid[49] and the Bose
Einstein condensate[50] found in certain atomic systems at
very low temperature, the superconducting phase exhibited by conduction electrons in certain materials,[51] and
the ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic phases of spins
on atomic lattices.[52]
Condensed matter physics is the largest eld of contemporary physics. Historically, condensed matter physics
grew out of solid-state physics, which is now considered
one of its main subelds.[53] The term condensed matter
physics was apparently coined by Philip Anderson when
he renamed his research grouppreviously solid-state
theoryin 1967.[54] In 1978, the Division of Solid State
Physics of the American Physical Society was renamed
as the Division of Condensed Matter Physics.[53] Condensed matter physics has a large overlap with chemistry,
materials science, nanotechnology and engineering.[47]

5.4.2 Atomic, molecular, and optical physics

Main article: Atomic, molecular, and optical physics
Atomic, molecular, and optical physics (AMO) is the
study of mattermatter and lightmatter interactions on
the scale of single atoms and molecules. The three areas
are grouped together because of their interrelationships,
the similarity of methods used, and the commonality of
their relevant energy scales. All three areas include both
classical, semi-classical and quantum treatments; they can
treat their subject from a microscopic view (in contrast to
a macroscopic view).

Atomic physics studies the electron shells of atoms. Current research focuses on activities in quantum control,
cooling and trapping of atoms and ions,[55][56][57] lowtemperature collision dynamics and the eects of electron correlation on structure and dynamics. Atomic
The major elds of physics, along with their subelds and physics is inuenced by the nucleus (see, e.g., hyperne
the theories they employ, are shown in the following table. splitting), but intra-nuclear phenomena such as ssion and
fusion are considered part of high-energy physics.
5.4.1

Condensed matter

Main article: Condensed matter physics

Condensed matter physics is the eld of physics that deals
with the macroscopic physical properties of matter.[46] In
particular, it is concerned with the condensed phases
that appear whenever the number of particles in a system

Molecular physics focuses on multi-atomic structures and

their internal and external interactions with matter and
light. Optical physics is distinct from optics in that it
tends to focus not on the control of classical light elds
by macroscopic objects but on the fundamental properties of optical elds and their interactions with matter in
the microscopic realm.

CURRENT RESEARCH

5.4.3

High-energy physics (particle physics) and nu- modern cosmological theories. In the early 20th cenclear physics
tury, Hubble's discovery that the universe is expanding,
as shown by the Hubble diagram, prompted rival explanations known as the steady state universe and the Big
Main articles: Particle physics and Nuclear physics
Particle physics is the study of the elementary con- Bang.
stituents of matter and energy and the interactions be- The Big Bang was conrmed by the success of Big Bang
tween them.[58] In addition, particle physicists design and nucleosynthesis and the discovery of the cosmic midevelop the high energy accelerators,[59] detectors,[60] and crowave background in 1964. The Big Bang model rests
computer programs[61] necessary for this research. The on two theoretical pillars: Albert Einsteins general relaeld is also called high-energy physics because many el- tivity and the cosmological principle. Cosmologists have
ementary particles do not occur naturally but are created recently established the CDM model of the evolution
only during high-energy collisions of other particles.[62]
of the universe, which includes cosmic ination, dark enCurrently, the interactions of elementary particles and
elds are described by the Standard Model.[63] The
model accounts for the 12 known particles of matter
(quarks and leptons) that interact via the strong, weak,
and electromagnetic fundamental forces.[63] Dynamics
are described in terms of matter particles exchanging
gauge bosons (gluons, W and Z bosons, and photons,
respectively).[64] The Standard Model also predicts a particle known as the Higgs boson.[63] In July 2012 CERN,
the European laboratory for particle physics, announced
the detection of a particle consistent with the Higgs
boson,[65] an integral part of a Higgs mechanism.
Nuclear physics is the eld of physics that studies the
constituents and interactions of atomic nuclei. The
most commonly known applications of nuclear physics
are nuclear power generation and nuclear weapons
technology, but the research has provided application
in many elds, including those in nuclear medicine
and magnetic resonance imaging, ion implantation in
materials engineering, and radiocarbon dating in geology
and archaeology.
5.4.4

Astrophysics

Main articles: Astrophysics and Physical cosmology

Astrophysics and astronomy are the application of the
theories and methods of physics to the study of stellar
structure, stellar evolution, the origin of the solar system,
and related problems of cosmology. Because astrophysics
is a broad subject, astrophysicists typically apply many
disciplines of physics, including mechanics, electromagnetism, statistical mechanics, thermodynamics, quantum
mechanics, relativity, nuclear and particle physics, and
atomic and molecular physics.
The discovery by Karl Jansky in 1931 that radio signals were emitted by celestial bodies initiated the science
of radio astronomy. Most recently, the frontiers of astronomy have been expanded by space exploration. Perturbations and interference from the earths atmosphere
make space-based observations necessary for infrared,
ultraviolet, gamma-ray, and X-ray astronomy.

ergy, and dark matter.

Numerous possibilities and discoveries are anticipated to
emerge from new data from the Fermi Gamma-ray Space
Telescope over the upcoming decade and vastly revise or
clarify existing models of the universe.[66][67] In particular, the potential for a tremendous discovery surrounding dark matter is possible over the next several years.[68]
Fermi will search for evidence that dark matter is composed of weakly interacting massive particles, complementing similar experiments with the Large Hadron Collider and other underground detectors.
IBEX is already yielding new astrophysical discoveries:
No one knows what is creating the ENA (energetic neutral atoms) ribbon along the termination shock of the
solar wind, but everyone agrees that it means the textbook picture of the heliosphere in which the solar
systems enveloping pocket lled with the solar winds
charged particles is plowing through the onrushing 'galactic wind' of the interstellar medium in the shape of a
comet is wrong.[69]

6 Current research
Further information: List of unsolved problems in physics
Research in physics is continually progressing on a large
number of fronts.
In condensed matter physics, an important unsolved theoretical problem is that of high-temperature superconductivity. Many condensed matter experiments are aiming to
fabricate workable spintronics and quantum computers.
In particle physics, the rst pieces of experimental evidence for physics beyond the Standard Model have begun to appear. Foremost among these are indications
that neutrinos have non-zero mass. These experimental results appear to have solved the long-standing solar
neutrino problem, and the physics of massive neutrinos
remains an area of active theoretical and experimental
research. Particle accelerators have begun probing energy scales in the TeV range, in which experimentalists are hoping to nd evidence for the Higgs boson and
supersymmetric particles.[70]

Physical cosmology is the study of the formation and

evolution of the universe on its largest scales. Albert
Einsteins theory of relativity plays a central role in all Theoretical attempts to unify quantum mechanics and

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general relativity into a single theory of quantum gravity, a program ongoing for over half a century, have not
yet been decisively resolved. The current leading candidates are M-theory, superstring theory and loop quantum
gravity.
Many astronomical and cosmological phenomena have
yet to be satisfactorily explained, including the existence
of ultra-high energy cosmic rays, the baryon asymmetry,
the acceleration of the universe and the anomalous rotation rates of galaxies.
Although much progress has been made in highenergy, quantum, and astronomical physics, many everyday phenomena involving complexity,[71] chaos,[72] or
turbulence[73] are still poorly understood. Complex problems that seem like they could be solved by a clever application of dynamics and mechanics remain unsolved; examples include the formation of sandpiles, nodes in trickling water, the shape of water droplets, mechanisms of
surface tension catastrophes, and self-sorting in shaken
heterogeneous collections.[74]
These complex phenomena have received growing attention since the 1970s for several reasons, including
the availability of modern mathematical methods and
computers, which enabled complex systems to be modeled in new ways. Complex physics has become part of
increasingly interdisciplinary research, as exemplied by
the study of turbulence in aerodynamics and the observation of pattern formation in biological systems. In 1932,
Horace Lamb said:[75]
I am an old man now, and when I die and
go to heaven there are two matters on which
I hope for enlightenment. One is quantum
electrodynamics, and the other is the turbulent
motion of uids. And about the former I am
rather optimistic.
Horace Lamb, Annual Reviews in Fluid
Mechanics

rst to publish his work, and developed much of the notation used for calculus today, Newton was the rst to develop calculus and apply it to physical problems. See also
LeibnizNewton calculus controversy
[4] See, for example, the inuence of Kant and Ritter on
Oersted.
[5] Concepts which are denoted hypothetical can change with
time. For example, the atom of nineteenth century physics
was denigrated by some, including Ernst Mach's critique
of Ludwig Boltzmann's formulation of statistical mechanics. By the end of World War II, the atom was no longer
deemed hypothetical.
[6] Yet, universalism is encouraged in the culture of physics.
For example, the World Wide Web, which was innovated
at CERN by Tim Berners-Lee, was created in service to
the computer infrastructure of CERN, and was/is intended
for use by physicists worldwide. The same might be said
for arXiv.org

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[5] Physical science is that department of knowledge which
relates to the order of nature, or, in other words, to the
regular succession of events. (Maxwell 1878, p. 9)

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[8] Krupp 2003

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denoting concepts such as the cosmos or the philosophical
world.
[2] Francis Bacon's 1620 Novum Organum was critical in the
development of scientic method.
[3] Calculus was independently developed at around the same
time by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz; while Leibniz was the

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