Modern physics

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Modern physics is primarily about the following concepts:

  • Special relativity says that the speed of light is constant in all frames, and that time is not the same.
  • General relativity says that acceleration is indistinguishable from gravity
  • Interactions are quantized/discrete at a single space-time point, with no action at a distance
  • Modern physics is fundamentally statistical, whereas classical physics are deterministic.

This includes topics such as special/general relativity, quantum mechanics, statistical physics, nuclear physics, and fundamental particles.

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