上述嘅過程會係噉不斷重複,直至手上嘅理論做得到完全準確嘅預測為止-於是乎物理學就有持續嘅發展,做到愈嚟愈準確嘅預測。到咗現代,物理學經已有龐大嘅理論體系,有多個理論解釋各種嘅物理現象,而呢啲理論每個都閒閒地俾物理學家重複驗證過上百次-非常經得起考驗,所以學界一般認為呢啲理論係有返咁上下正確嘅模型(approximately accurate models)-能夠充分噉描述現實。而且物理學家仲會不斷噉去搵新嘅現象研究,睇吓呢啲理論能唔能夠解釋新現象,又或者使唔使諗新嘅理論[22][23][24]。
狹義相對論(special theory of relativity)同廣義相對論(general theory of relativity):放棄咗絕對時空(牛頓假想嘅一個全宇宙通行嘅時間同空間框架)嘅諗法,探討時間、空間、同萬有引力呢啲嘢之間嘅相互關係嘅理論,好似係狹義相對論當中講嘅時間膨脹現象噉:
數學喺物理學入面嘅角色唔淨只係推導同計算嘅工具咁簡單:數學語言(language of mathematics;用數學符號嘅溝通方式)係一種抽象語言,唔似得自然語言(好似廣東話等日常講嘢用嘅語言)-數學語言每個符號都有好精確嘅定義,可以準確噉表達物理學上嘅諗法;相比之下,如果吓吓都係用自然語言講物理定律同理論,好多地方可能會有歧義性等嘅問題。數學語言嘅精確性令物理學家可以用佢哋啲算式做精確嘅預測-令到佢哋柞理論更加具有可否證性(falsifiability)[61][62]。
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