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Highest level of Physics you are knowledgeable about?

posted 7 years ago by aliensalmon (5607)
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Physics ranges from the older, more basic theories to more modern, advanced ones:

Classical Newtonian mechanics/Kinematics (Study of things like Force, Work, and Kinetic and Potential Energy)
Classical Optics (study of how light moves)
Classical Thermodynamics (Ideal Gas Law, Zeroth, First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics)
Maxwellian Electromagnetism (Electromagnetic theory)
Special Relativity (Study of things traveling at light speed, a more general version of Classical Mechanics)
Quantum Mechanics (Study of subatomic scales, also a more general version of CM)
Quantum Field Theory (QM at relativistic speeds)
General Relativity (Further generalized theory of relativity which explains gravitation)
Particle Physics (Study of fundamental particles)
Speculative Physics (String Theory and Quantum Gravity theories, other theories which are just speculation at this time)

What's the highest level of Physics you feel you are comfortable saying you are knowledgeable about?

I'd say the highest Physics I'm knowledgeable about are Special Relativity and the very basics of Quantum Mechanics.

[–] Duck6 (425) 7 years ago

The universe is a 3 dimensional projection of an 8 dimensional reality apparantly, and consists of tetrahedral "pixels"

[–] rooprect (202) 7 years ago

I got my masters in Physics and worked with NASA for a few years (much less impressive than it sounds, my job consisted of watching a machine shoot microwaves at Space Shuttle tiles all day). I'm not familiar with all those topics you listed. Typically career physicists specialize in 1 or 2 areas with just a general knowledge of the rest, just like doctors. My areas were particle dynamics and acoustics (flunked out of emag... that sh*t is satan). Did you have a specific question for physicists or is this just a random question?