What Are The Relevance Of Physics To The Society And To Man?

Physics is the study of energy, force, matter and motion through space time. The first connection it has with society and man is that is a human study and a way for us to gain an understanding of the world we live in as well as the universe and all natural occurrences and happenings within.

As physics is at the base of how the world works naturally, it is thus the basis of developments and progressions in science such as technology.

Topics within physics include:

• Gravity
• Kinetics (motion)
• Space
• Time
• Matter and mass

In everyday life we do things and involve ourselves in things that can be and have been explained through such topics in physics. These include:

• Running and walking
• Using energies such as electricity and gases
• Household appliance uses such as cookers
• Using computers
• The use of transport

These are just some examples of the study of physics. The ability to do simple human activities such as eating and walking can only be explained by science such as physics, and it's through understanding such movements that have allowed the advances of technology such as computers. These are all things we take for granted but years have been spent by scientists to understand them.

Famous physicists that have contributed to the development of the physics we understand today include:

• Isaac Newton, who most famously contributed his laws of gravitation and his laws of motion.
• Albert Einstein developed the famous formula E=mc2 which involves energy, mass and light.
• Ernest Rutherford discovered the atom nucleus. For centuries, the atom was believed to be the world's smallest particle.