Physical Sciences, Other
The study of matter, its constituents, its motion and behavior in space and time, and related entities like energy and force is the domain of physics, a branch of natural science. The primary motivation for studying physics, one of the most foundational scientific fields, is to comprehend the nature of the cosmos and its behavior. The term "physicist" describes a scientist who has chosen to focus their academic career on studying physics. Through its incorporation of astronomy, physics is not only one of the oldest academic disciplines but also, arguably, the oldest. Natural philosophy encompassed physics, chemistry, biology, and some branches of mathematics for much of the past two millennia. Still, during the Scientific Revolution, these fields began to develop into distinct study areas. The boundaries of physics are not defined, and physics interacts with many other fields of study, including biophysics and quantum chemistry. New ideas in physics can explain many of the fundamental mechanisms studied by other sciences. These ideas can point to new areas of inquiry in other fields, such as mathematics and philosophy.