1. Chapter 1: What is Physics?
Mr. Rassi
Honors Physics

2. What is studied in Physics?
How the natural world works
(matter & energy & their relationships)
from smaller than atoms to galaxies

3. What questions does Physics answer?
Who, What, When, Where, Why, How
WHAT and HOW something works
sometimes WHY

4. Why is Physics studied? Looking for broad explanations of phenomenon
Sometimes it interests just Physicists
Sometimes it leads to technology & devices used outside of science
Examples?

5. Science vs. Technology
Scientific discoveries lead to better technology
Better technology allows more accurate/new science

6. What are the steps to a scientific investigation?
Ask a question
Test the question
Revise understanding /ask new questions

7. History of discovery What you discovered depended on when you lived
Aristotle
Galileo
Newton "If I have seen a little further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants."
Einstein
The written record is very important for transferring knowledge across generations

8. Funding of Science Who funds Science & why? Government Business
Non-profit organizations
Private individuals