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# High Level Understanding Physics

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Physics

Major Topics

1. Mechanics
2. Electromagnetism
   1. Circuits
   2. Electrodynamics
3. Thermodynamics
   1. Energy
   2. Heat
   3. Work
   4. Temperature
   5. Entropy
4. Quantum Mechanics
   1. Quantum Field Theory
   2. Quantum Information
   3. Quantum Optics
   4. Quantum Theory of Solids
5. Relativity
   1. General Relativity
   2. Special Relativity
6. Particle Physics
7. Atomic Physics
8. Elasticity
9. Fluids
10. Diffusion
11. Waves
12. Optics
   1. Laser Physics
13. Imaging
14. Statistical Physics
15. Statistical Mechanics
16. Solid State Physics
17. Condensed Matter Physics
18. Cosmology
19. Particle Physics
20. String Theory

Physics Research Frontier

1. Astrophysics 
   1. Astrophysics of Galaxies; Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics; Earth and Planetary Astrophysics; High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena; Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics; Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
2. Condensed Matter 
   1. Disordered Systems and Neural Networks; Materials Science; Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics; Other Condensed Matter; Quantum Gases; Soft Condensed Matter; Statistical Mechanics; Strongly Correlated Electrons; Superconductivity
3. General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
4. High Energy Physics - Experiment
5. High Energy Physics - Lattice
6. High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
7. High Energy Physics - Theory
8. Mathematical Physics
9. Nonlinear Sciences
   1. Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems; Cellular Automata and Lattice Gases; Chaotic Dynamics; Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems; Pattern Formation and Solitons
10. Nuclear Experiment
11. Nuclear Theory
12. Physics
   1. Accelerator Physics
   2. Applied Physics
   3. Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics
   4. Atomic and Molecular Clusters
   5. Atomic Physics
   6. Biological Physics
   7. Chemical Physics
   8. Classical Physics
   9. Computational Physics
   10. Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability
   11. Fluid Dynamics
   12. General Physics
   13. Geophysics
   14. History and Philosophy of Physics
   15. Instrumentation and Detectors
   16. Medical Physics
   17. Optics
   18. Physics and Society
   19. Physics Education
   20. Plasma Physics
   21. Popular Physics
   22. Space Physics
13. Quantum Physics

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