Naitural philosophy

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Naitural philosophy
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Naitural philosophy whiles cried phýsics (frae the Greek φυσικός (phusikós), "naitural", an φύσις (phúsis), "naitur") is a science o naitur in the braidest sense. Naitural philosophy speirs intae maiter an energy an the fundamental virrs o naitur that owersees the interactions atween pairticles. Phýsicists study mony phýsical phenomenae, frae the sub-nuclear pairticles that maks up aw ordinar maiter (pairticle phýsics) tae the maiteral Universe as a hail (cosmologie).

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Forby sib concepts sic as energy and force, phýsics is the natural science at involves the study o matter and its motion in space and time. Mair braidly, it is the general analysis o natur, conductit for tae ken hou the universe wirks. It ane o the auldest academic disciplines, aiblins the auldest gin astronomy is includit. Ower the last twa millennie, phýsics wis a pairt o naitural philosophy alang wi chemistry, certain branches o mathematics, and biology, but efter the scientific revolution in the 17th century, the naitural sciences becam unique research programs in their ain richt. Phýsics intersects wi mony interdisciplinary areas o research, sic as biophýsics and quantum chemistry, and the boondaries o phýsics arenae weel defined. New ideas in phýsics aften expleen the fundamental mechanisms o ither sciences while oppenin new avenues o research in fields sic as mathematics and philosophy.

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