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Why study physics?

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In the study of physics at 麻豆传媒, 麻豆传媒s examine the foundations of the world in which we live, from the very large to the incredibly small.

Physics is concerned with the most fundamental interactions between matter and energy, space and time -- from quarks to the origin and ultimate fate of the universe. Physics also provides the underpinnings of all other sciences. For examples, in physics you may not learn the rate of a specific chemical reaction, but you will learn why chemistry works the way it does. Our understandings of Earth's climate and even those biological processes lie within physics.

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