The calculation part of physics is covered in other physics lessons.

<h2 data-type="title">Summary of lessons so far</h2>
<p>The following are the main ideas from the past few lessons:</p>
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<li id="import-auto-id1961798">Science seeks to discover and describe the underlying order and simplicity in nature.</li>
<li id="import-auto-id2575847">Physics is the most basic of the sciences, concerning itself with energy, matter, space and time, and their interactions.</li>
<li id="import-auto-id2757516">Scientific laws and theories express the general truths of nature and the body of knowledge they encompass. These laws of nature are rules that all natural processes appear to follow.</li>
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<h2>Glossary of words</h2>
<h3>Classical physics</h3>
<p>physics that was developed from the Renaissance to the end of the 19th century</p>
<h3>Physics</h3>
<p>the science concerned with describing the interactions of energy, matter, space, and time; it is especially interested in what fundamental mechanisms underlie every phenomenon</p>
<h3>Model</h3>
<p>representation of something that is often too difficult (or impossible) to display directly</p>
<h3>Theory</h3>
<p>an explanation for patterns in nature that is supported by scientific evidence and verified multiple times by various groups of researchers</p>
<h3>Law</h3>
<p>a description, using concise language or a mathematical formula, a generalized pattern in nature that is supported by scientific evidence and repeated experiments</p>
<h3>Scientific method</h3>
<p>a method that typically begins with an observation and question that the scientist will research; next, the scientist typically performs some research about the topic and then devises a hypothesis; then, the scientist will test the hypothesis by performing an experiment; finally, the scientist analyzes the results of the experiment and draws a conclusion</p>
<h3>Modern physics</h3>
<p>the study of relativity, quantum mechanics, or both</p>
<h3>Relativity</h3>
<p>the study of objects moving at speeds greater than about 1% of the speed of light, or of objects being affected by a strong gravitational field</p>
<h3>Quantum mechanics</h3>
<p>the study of objects smaller than can be seen with a microscope</p>

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Physics is a science discipline concerned with the nature and properties of matter and energy. Physics topics include mechanics, heat, light and radiation, sound, electricity, magnetism, the structure of atoms, and so on.

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Explore the fundamental concepts of physics, including the scientific method, physical quantities and units, and accuracy and precision through lessons on applications, models, theories, laws, and significant figures in physics.


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