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    Physics (from Ancient Greek: φυσική (ἐπιστήμη), romanized: physikḗ (epistḗmē), lit.

     'knowledge of
    nature', from φύσις phýsis 'nature')[1][2][3] is the natural science that studies matter,[4] its motion and
    behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force.[5] Physics is one of the
    most fundamental scientific disciplines, and its main goal is to understand how
    the universe behaves.[a][6][7][8]
    Physics is one of the oldest academic disciplines and, through its inclusion of astronomy,
    perhaps the oldest.[9] Over much of the past two millennia, physics, chemistry, biology, and certain
    branches of mathematics were a part of natural philosophy, but during the Scientific Revolution in
    the 17th century these natural sciences emerged as unique research endeavors in their own right.
    [b]
     Physics intersects with many interdisciplinary areas of research, such as biophysics and quantum
    chemistry, and the boundaries of physics are not rigidly defined. New ideas in physics often explain
    the fundamental mechanisms studied by other sciences[6] and suggest new avenues of research in
    academic disciplines such as mathematics and philosophy.
    Advances in physics often enable advances in new technologies. For example, advances in the
    understanding of electromagnetism, solid-state physics, and nuclear physics led directly to the
    development of new products that have dramatically transformed modern-day society, such
    as television, computers, domestic appliances, and nuclear weapons;[6] advances
    in thermodynamics led to the development of industrialization; and advances in mechanics inspired
    the development of calculus.

    Ancient astronomy
    Main article: History of astronomy

    Ancient Egyptian astronomy is evident in monuments like the ceiling of Senemut's tomb from the Eighteenth


    Dynasty of Egypt.

    Astronomy is one of the oldest natural sciences. Early civilizations dating back before 3000 BCE,
    such as the Sumerians, ancient Egyptians, and the Indus Valley Civilisation, had a predictive
    knowledge and a basic understanding of the motions of the Sun, Moon, and stars. The stars and
    planets, believed to represent gods, were often worshipped. While the explanations for the observed
    positions of the stars were often unscientific and lacking in evidence, these early observations laid
    the foundation for later astronomy, as the stars were found to traverse great circles across the sky,
    [9]
     which however did not explain the positions of the planets.
    According to Asger Aaboe, the origins of Western astronomy can be found in Mesopotamia, and all
    Western efforts in the exact sciences are descended from late Babylonian astronomy.[11] Egyptian
    astronomers left monuments showing knowledge of the constellations and the motions of the
    celestial bodies,[12] while Greek poet Homer wrote of various celestial objects in
    his Iliad and Odyssey; later Greek astronomers provided names, which are still used today, for most
    constellations visible from the Northern Hemisphere.[13]

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