Physics Summary
We study Physics in order to understand the fundamental principles that govern all Energy and Matter in the Universe. Physics gives us tools to understand nature from the scale of sub-atomic particles up to the inter-galactic scale of the universe.
“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better” – Albert Einstein.
Physics, being the central science, is the study of nature at its most fundamental level. Broadly speaking, it is really the study of all that is non-living (with Chemistry technically being a large branch of Physics). You will look at the very smallest, the building blocks of matter i.e. quarks and leptons, to the very largest, the evolution of our Universe. You will learn how Einstein’s E = mc2 equation led to the development of nuclear bombs. You will understand about the dual-nature of light. Is light a wave? Is it a particle? Or both? You will also cover applications of physics in society e.g. medical imaging.
