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Why study Physics? • The aim of physics is to study nature at its most fundamental level -- to discover and apply the general laws that govern force and motion, matter and energy, space and time. Physics can be as concrete as the stresses in a bridge or as abstract as the curved space-time near a black hole.

Why study Physics? The aim of physics is to study nature at its most fundamental level -- to discover and apply the general laws that govern force and

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Why study Physics?

• The aim of physics is to study nature at its most fundamental level -- to discover and apply the general laws that govern force and motion, matter and energy, space and time. Physics can be as concrete as the stresses in a bridge or as abstract as the curved space-time near a black hole.

Page 2: Why study Physics? The aim of physics is to study nature at its most fundamental level -- to discover and apply the general laws that govern force and

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Page 3: Why study Physics? The aim of physics is to study nature at its most fundamental level -- to discover and apply the general laws that govern force and

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Page 5: Why study Physics? The aim of physics is to study nature at its most fundamental level -- to discover and apply the general laws that govern force and

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Page 7: Why study Physics? The aim of physics is to study nature at its most fundamental level -- to discover and apply the general laws that govern force and

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