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BRANCHES OF PHYSICS AND THEIR FAMOUS SCIENTISTS Flashcards

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Motion of objects & the forces acting on them, gravity, laws of motion, work & energy

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Classical Mechanics/Newtonian Mechanics

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Electricity and their magnetic fields, Maxwell’s equations

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Electromagnetism

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Transfer of heat, energy exchanges, engines, refrigerators

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Thermodynamics

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Behavior of matter and energy at very small scales, such as atoms and SUBATOMIC PARTICLS

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Quantum mechanics

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Properties and behavior of light

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Optics

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Study of sound

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Acoustics

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Study of liquids, gasses and the forces they experience

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Fluid mechanics

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Structure and behavior of ATOMIC NUCLEI, including their constituents and the forces that hold them together

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Nuclear physics

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Understanding of space and time, GPS SYSTEMS

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Relativity

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Father of modern physics

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Albert Einstein

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Physicist who developed the uncertain principle

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Werner Heisenberg

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Unification of electromagnetism and gravity

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Marie Curie

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Known for his work on the theory of relativity

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Albert Einstein

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Electromagnetism

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Michael Faraday & James Maxwell

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E=mc^2 c means?

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The speed of light in a vacuum

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Quantum mechanics and the development of WAVE-PARTICLE DUALITY

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Louise de Broglie

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