Portal:Physics/Topics

Classical physics traditionally includes the fields of mechanics, optics, electricity, magnetism, acoustics and thermodynamics. The term Modern physics is normally used for fields which rely heavily on quantum theory, including quantum mechanics, atomic physics, nuclear physics, particle physics and condensed matter physics. General and special relativity are usually considered to be part of modern physics as well.

Fundamental Concepts	Classical Physics	Modern Physics	Cross Discipline Topics
Sound	Acoustics	Transport Phenomena	Geophysics
Motion	Solid Mechanics	Fluid Mechanics	Nanotechnology
Space	Classical Mechanics	General Relativity	Mathematical Physics
Time	Special Relativity	Quantum Mechanics	Quantum Field Theory
Matter	States of Matter	Higgs mechanism	Chemical Physics
Energy	Heat Transfer	Plasma Physics	Materials Science
Electromagnetism	Electrodynamics	Quantum Electrodynamics	Chemical Bonds
Electrons	Solid State	Condensed Matter	Electronics
Strong interaction	Nuclear Physics	Quantum Chromodynamics	Grand Unified Theory
Weak interaction	Atomic Physics	Electroweak theory	Radioactivity
Light	Optics	Particle Physics	Photonics
Information	Thermodynamics	Statistical Mechanics	Information science
Gravity	Gravitational Field	Quantum Gravity	String theory
Complexity	Dynamical system	Complex System	Emergence
Life	Biophysics	Quantum Biology	Astrobiology
Conscience	Neurophysics	Quantum mind	Quantum brain dynamics
Unification	Standard Model	Grand Unified Theory	Theory of Everything
Cosmos	Astrophysics	Cosmology	Multiverse