PHYSICS (MIDTERM KILL MEE) (CLASSICAL)

1. social

2. formal

3. natural

3 branches of science

social

for human behavior, society and social relationship

• psychology

• sociology

• economics

• political science

• anthropology

formal

science for abstract system, logic and structures

• logic

• mathematics

• statistics

• computer science

natural

science for natural world and physical universe

physics

is a brach of science that studies matter, energy, motion and forces

• classical physics

• modern physics

2 branches of physics

classical physics

topics developed mainly before/around the beginning of the 20th century

modern physics

these are concepts which were developed since the beginning of the 20th century

• mechanics

• acoustic

• optics

• thermodynamics

• electromagnetism

types of classical physics

mechanics

study of forces acting on bodies at rest in motion

• kinematic

• static

• dynamic

types of mechanics

kinematic

study of the quantitative description of motion

static

deals with the study of forces at rest

dynamic

tackles how motion is brought about

optics

study of light

• physical optics

• physiological optics

• geometrical optic

types of optics

physical optics

deals with the study of nature, properties and propagation of light

physiological optics

deals with the study of part played by light in vision

geometrical optics

deals with the application of reflection and refraction of light in mirrors and lenses

acoustic

the study of propogation of sound

thermodynamics

the study of temperature and energy flow and transformation of heat energy

• electrostatic

• electrodynamic

2 types of electromagnetism

electromagnetism

the study of properties and relationship of electric current and magnetism

electrostatic

the study of electric charges at rest

electrodynamic

deals with the study of moving charges