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== Classical and Modern Physics ==
== Classical and Modern Physics ==
[[Image:Hgter6754.png|right|thumbnail|250px|[[James Maxwell]] was a Scottish-born physicist. ]]
[[Classical physics]] generally encompasses all areas of physics that were well-understood by the end of the 19th century (i.e., before the events that led to the advent of the theory of relativity and quantum mechanics). It is applicable to problems on an "everyday" scale; that is, situations in which energies are large enough to permit one to neglect quantum effects, but small enough to neglect relativistic effects. Areas of study within classical physics include
[[Classical physics]] generally encompasses all areas of physics that were well-understood by the end of the 19th century (i.e., before the events that led to the advent of the theory of relativity and quantum mechanics). It is applicable to problems on an "everyday" scale; that is, situations in which energies are large enough to permit one to neglect quantum effects, but small enough to neglect relativistic effects. Areas of study within classical physics include
*[[Mechanics]], the study of [[force]]s acting on bodies and the motion of them
*[[Mechanics]], the study of [[force]]s acting on bodies and the motion of them
*[[Thermodynamics]], the study of [[energy]], [[heat]], [[work]], [[entropy]] and its transformations
*[[Thermodynamics]], the study of [[energy]], [[heat]], [[work]], [[entropy]] and its transformations