Physics Study Guide
Physics Study Guide
This mindmap is structured to help you study Physics in a comprehensive and organized way.
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Mechanics
This branch deals with the motion of objects, and the forces that cause this motion.
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Classical Mechanics
Classical mechanics studies the motion of bodies under the influence of forces or with the assumption that the bodies are of macroscopic scales.
Quantum Mechanics
Quantum Mechanics explains the unique behaviours of very small particles such as electrons and photons.
Statistical Mechanics
Statistical mechanics allows prediction of the behaviour of the assembly of bulk matter from the properties of its microscopic constituents.
Thermodynamics
This branch concerns itself with the study of heat and temperature, and their relation to energy and work.
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Laws of Thermodynamics
There are four laws of thermodynamics which dictate the characteristics of energy transfer.
Thermodynamic Systems
These systems describe how physical quantities are distributed throughout the system and dictate how they will change over time.
Thermodynamic Equilibrium
A state in which concentrations of reactants and products remain constant over time.
Electromagnetism
This branch studies electricity, magnetism, and how they're linked.
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Electrostatics
Studies electric charges at rest.
Magnetostatics
Concerns itself with the magnetic field of steady currents.
Electrodynamics
Investigates electric charges in motion.
Relativity
The theory of relativity describes the laws of physics in reference frames that are in motion relative to one another.
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Special Relativity
Special relativity deals with the behavior of objects in inertial frames of reference.
General Relativity
General relativity is the geometric theory of gravitation that replaces Newton's law of universal gravitation.
Quantum Physics
This branch studies the fundamental behavior of particles including molecular, atomic and sub-atomic levels.
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Wave-Particle Duality
The concept in quantum mechanics that all particles also have wave-like characteristics.
Quantum Entanglement
A quantum mechanical phenomenon in which the quantum states of two or more particles are connected even though the individual particles may be spatially separated.
Quantum Superposition
The fundamental principle of quantum mechanics, it explains the fact that particles can exist in multiple states – i.e., in all possible states – at once.
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