Chapter 1: Introduction, Measure, and Estimating Flashcards
1
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What is the most basic of all the sciences?
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Physics.
2
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What does physics deal with?
A
It deals with the behavior and structure of matter.
3
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What two parts is physics usually divided into?
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Classical Physics and Modern Physics.
4
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What does classical physics deal with?
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Includes motion, fluids, heat, sound, light, electricity, and magnetism.
5
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What does modern physics deal with?
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Relativity, atomic structure, quantum theory, condensed matter, nuclear physics, elementary partials, and cosmology and astrophysics.
6
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THE NATURE OF SCINECE
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THE NATURE OF SCIENCE
7
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What is the general aim of all sciences including physics?
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The search for order in our observations of the world around us.
8
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What is observation?
A
The design and carrying out of experiments.
