143 Facts About Physics To Make You Fall In Love With The Subject

A common reason for not liking physics among students is often that it contains mathematics, which is another dreadful subject for many students.

Most people (especially students) run from physics but there are still those who love this subject! To know the reason, read the following article and get a ride of amazing facts that will make you fall in love with physics.

Let us first get into the fact that physics is not just mathematics and way more beyond that. Physics isn’t just in books written in texts but everywhere around us, and we mean it. It is only difficult for those who try to learn physics rather than understand it using practical examples.

There are labs in schools and colleges to give students theoretical knowledge together with practical, but one should not restrict themselves to this. Physics is the world where we live in, and so to understand physics you just need to get to know how your surroundings work.

Whether it be essential body functions of the human body or analyzing empty space in the solar system, there is physics involved in almost everything around us.

After reading physics facts related to the basic principle of the quantum realm and electrical activity, also check facts about potassium and big bang theory science.

Fun Facts About Physics

Physics is boring until we truly understand it. It is an interesting subject and as we learn more, it makes us more curious about the subject.

It is full of fun and amusing facts about everything around us, from as small as a needle to as big as the universe, what is required is an observation. Let us go on a brief journey to the land of some interesting physics facts.

Everyone knows about the solar system; it has eight planets and many dwarf planets which revolve around the sun and planets have satellites that revolve around them.

But did you know that if there was no gravity from the sun, then these planets wouldn’t be in their position, and the same goes for planets and their satellites?

It was Sir Isaac Newton who first discovered gravity and stated the universal law of gravitation. He also first stated the gravitational pull of the sun and the planets; and Kepler at the age of 27 defined the orbits of planets.

The sun belongs to the solar system, which is in the milky way galaxy. It has been discovered that there are like 100 billion stars in this galaxy apart from the sun, which have their orbiting planets.

To reach another galaxy we would have to travel millions of trillions of miles of space and most of space is almost empty with only tiny virtual particles which scientists called 'dark matter'.

Black holes are some of the most fascinating yet intimidating objects in outer space. Its existence was first realized in 1916 by Albert Einstein and was discovered in 1971. Three types of black holes are identified by astronomers - stellar, supermassive, and intermediate black holes.

Stellar black holes are formed by large stars which continue to compress themselves after they collapse (in a process called a supernova). Our milky way galaxy is also likely to have a black hole, but that is light years away from the earth.

Physics is a branch of science which deals with matter and interactions between fundamental constituents in the universe. In simpler words, physics explains how the things around us and in this universe operate and the relation between them.

Physics has many branches under it, these are mechanics, thermodynamics, electricity, magnetism, optics, chemical physics, engineering physics, electronics, solid-state physics.

A few examples of the above-mentioned branches of physics explain how refrigerators work on the principle of thermodynamics which keeps the stored perishable food items cool; emission of light when we switch it on is an example of electricity.

Further earphones, television, hard drives use permanent magnets for their working which is an example of magnetism; in the same way, everything around has physics concepts involved in their working.

The two main branches of physics are classical physics and modern physics. The branch of physics that doesn’t involve quantum theory and Einstein’s relativity theory is called classical physics. Some examples of it are thermodynamics, Newtonian mechanics, and Maxwell’s theory of electromagnetism.

Modern physics is a branch of physics that is based on relativity and quantum mechanics and deals with post-Newtonian concepts in the world of physics.

Some topics which come under it are quantum thermodynamics, gravitational lensing, photoelectric effect, atomic theory, and wave-particle duality.

Classical physics typically deals with everyday conditions where speeds are much lower than the speed of light, energies are relatively small and sizes are much greater than that of atoms.

Whereas modern physics deals with extreme conditions where speeds are comparable to the speed of light, small distances comparable to the atomic radius, and so on.

Amazing Facts About Physics

The study of matter at the atomic and subatomic levels is described by quantum theory, which is the theoretical basis of modern physics.

The nature of matter and energy at this level is also known as quantum physics or quantum mechanics. Here are some amazing physics facts which you will certainly enjoy.

It also explains the Big Bang Theory by Georges Lemaitre. This can explain how all electronic devices such as modern computers work through quantum mechanics.

CDs, DVDs, MRIs, lasers, and spectroscopy, which were once and some still are essentials in today’s world, are also made possible by quantum mechanics. It is also being applied in various fields such as quantum optics, quantum computing.

Special relativity theory by Albert Einstein states that the law of physics and the speed of light in a vacuum are the same for all observers regardless of anything.

This theory states that space and time are linked together. Special relativity rules are a special case of Einstein’s theory of general relativity as we ignore gravitational fields here.

So, it doesn’t matter where we are, if we are moving or at rest, the laws of physics are the same for all.

The theory states nothing can travel faster than the speed of light, further the faster we travel the slower we experience time which opens doors for time travel.

Unknown Facts About Physics

When large stars collapse, they form stellar black holes. What happens when smaller stars collapse in a supernova? It leads to the formation of neutron stars.

These are one of the densest objects in the cosmos, producing no new heat but still incredibly hot.

In a supernova, when a massive star explodes, the blast forcefully throws the fused elements into space.

When hydrogen and oxygen combine in interstellar clouds, it forms water molecules (H2O). But how does this water come into lakes and oceans?

When the earth was formed, water was always there in it but because of lack of proper atmosphere, the water evaporated.

What we now have in the oceans was delivered much later probably by extraterritorial bodies like comets and asteroids containing water ice when collided by the earth.

Galileo Galilei is considered the father of physics. He was born 15 February, 1564 (Julian calendar; 26 February, 1564 as per Gregorian calendar) and his full name is Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de’ Galilei.

Galileo provided numerous scientific insights that laid the foundation for future scientists. He is also known as the 'father of modern science', 'father of scientific method', and 'father of observational astronomy' for his contribution to different fields of science.

In his early life, his short treatise 'The Little Balance' together with his studies in motion earned him recognition among mathematicians.

In his further life, he made many discoveries; he discovered the mountains and craters on the moon, the change in the phases of the planet Venus, which undermined the then idea that every celestial body revolves around the earth.

Moreover, the four largest moons of Jupiter were also discovered by him along with the presence of numerous stars in the milky way galaxy.

Galileo even designed a major component for the first pendulum clock, he redefined the telescope to the point he was able to see farther than any telescope of the time.

Galileo also conducted one of the earliest experiments to measure the speed of light.

There are many of his such experiments and discoveries which can’t be put together here but all these mentioned above are enough to conclude that he contributed a lot to the world of physics and astronomy.

This is why he came to be known as the 'father of science' and which paved ways to further discoveries by the scientists.

Facts About Physics For Students

Physics is known for the concepts and explanations it provides to us about the working of the whole universe. As mentioned in the first paragraph, physics is all around us, it is just a matter of observance.

The reason objects fall on the ground is because of gravity, we can see objects around us because of the reflection of light, we don’t fall from a roller coaster because we possess inertia.

Working of all the moving and still objects around us are based on the three laws of motion given by Newton, the whole solar system and galaxies and the universe is working based on physics.

Physics has also made our lives easier. We have electricity, television, mobile phones, speakers, different equipment, and machines used in hospitals, which are all made possible because of physics.

From the morning when we wake up to the night when we sleep, we need physics in our lives. It has become essential for our day-to-day survival.

We can’t imagine our lives now without light or a fan. Physics has become part of our lives and understanding it is just as amazing.

Physics does seem hard for many students, but it can be made interesting and easier to understand when we will start relating it to our surroundings than just reading in books.

Our body moves forward when the driver breaks the car suddenly, it happens because we possess inertia.

When we hit an object, we also get hurt, it is because of the third law of motion. Objects in the water look bigger than they are because of light refraction.

Similarly, when we start putting our theoretical knowledge into practice, we learn faster, and also it makes the subject interesting.

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