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\newcommand{\hr}{{\hookrightarrow}}\section{Overview of the content of PlanetPhysics}
\emph{This topic provides a convenient entry point into the content of the PlanetPhysics.org website. It is organized around the main subject areas of physics. Each of the linked subtopics provides an overview of the content of the specified area of physics.}
\subsection{Main Physics Areas:}
\begin{itemize}
\item \PMlinkname{FOUNDATIONS OF PHYSICS}{FundamentalFormulasOfPhysics}
\item \PMlinkname{CLASSICAL MECHANICS}{ClassicalMechanics} AND \PMlinkname{RELATIVITY THEORIES}{SpecialTheoryOfRelativity}
\item \PMlinkname{ACOUSTICS}{ExampleConstantAccelerationAndSpeedOfSound} AND \PMlinkname{HIGH FREQUENCY VIBRATIONS}{WaveEquation2}
\item \PMlinkname{OPTICS}{MaxwellsEquations} AND
\PMlinkname{ELECTROMAGNETISM}{Electromagnetism}
\item \PMlinkname{MOLECULAR PHYSICS}{MeanTranslationalKineticEnergy}, \PMlinkname{THERMODYNAMICS}{PrinciplesOfThermodynamics} AND
\PMlinkname{STATISTICAL MECHANICS}{StatisticalEntropy}
\item \PMlinkexternal{SOLID STATE PHYSICS}{http://planetphysics.org/?op=getobj&from=lec&id=55}
\item \PMlinkexternal{CRYSTALLOGRAPHY}{http://planetphysics.org/?
\item \PMlinkexternal{QUANTUM FIELD THEORY OF CONDENSED MATTER}{http://planetphysics.org/?op=getobj&from=lec&id=50}
op=getobj&from=books&id=20}
\item \PMlinkname{QUANTUM PHYSICS}{PrinciplesOfQuantumPhysics}: QED, QFT, AQFT, QCD, QUANTUM GRAVITY, \PMlinkname{QUANTUM COMPUTING AND Q-LOGIC}{QuantumAutomaton}
\item \PMlinkexternal{HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS}{http://planetphysics.org/?op=getobj&from=books&id=19} AND \PMlinkexternal{ELEMENTARY PARTICLES}{http://planetphysics.org/?op=getobj&from=lec&id=1}
\item \PMlinkname{COHERENT SYSTEMS}{PrinciplesOfNIRSpectroscopy}, FLUID AND SUPERFLUID DYNAMICS
\item \PMlinkname{DYNAMIC SYSTEMS THEORY}{GroupoidCDynamicalSystem} AND SYSTEMS WITH CHAOTIC DYNAMICS
\item \PMlinkname{THEORETICAL AND MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS; PHYSICAL MATHEMATICS}{ApplicationsTopicOnMathematicalPhysicsAndPhysicalMathematics}
\item \PMlinkname{BIOPHYSICS,COMPLEX SYSTEMS}{ComplexSystemsBiophysics}, \PMlinkname{MEDICAL PHYSICS AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE}{2DFTImaging}
\item \textbf{APPLIED PHYSICS, ENERGY SCIENCE AND GEOPHYSICS}
\item \PMlinkname{ASTROPHYSICS}{ExpandingUniverse}, GRAVITATION, \PMlinkname{COSMOLOGY AND SPACE EXPLORATION}{CosmologicalDifficultiesOfNewtonsTheory}
\item \PMlinkname{NUCLEAR PHYSICS}{Neutrino}, FUSION, PLASMA PHYSICS AND ALTERNATIVE ENERGY RESEARCH
\end{itemize}
\subsection{Specific topics:}
\begin{itemize}
\item Foundations of Physics
\item Crucial Experiments in Physics
\item \PMlinkname{Topic on International/major Physics Research Projects}{TopicOnMajorPhysicsResearchProjects}
\item \PMlinkname{Topic on Axioms}{TopicOnAxioms}
\item Topic on the Principles and Laws of Physics
\item \PMlinkname{Topic on Relativity Theories}{SpecialTheoryOfRelativity}
\item Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
\item Topic on Applied Physics
\item \PMlinkname{Algebraic Quantum Field Theory (AQFT)}{AlgebraicQuantumFieldTheoriesAQFT}
\item \PMlinkname{Classical Mechanics}{SpaceAndTimeInClassicalMechanics}
\item Solid State Physics
\item Fluid dynamics and Rheology
\item Topic on Acoustics
\item Topic on Electromagnetism and Optics
\item Physical Instrumentation
\item Optoelectronics and Lasers
\item Topic on Superconductivity
\item Molecular Spectroscopy
\item Topic on Atomic Physics
\item Topic on Nuclear Physics
\item Theoretical Nuclear Fusion and Plasma Physics
\item Topic on Nucleonics
\item \PMlinkname{Nuclear Medicine}{TopicOnNuclearMedicine}
\item \PMlinkname{Quantum Electrodynamics (QED)}{QuantumElectrodynamics}
\item \PMlinkname{Quantum Field Theory (QFT)}{TopicOnQuantumFieldTheory}
\item \PMlinkname{Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD)}{QuantumChromodynamics}
\item \PMlinkname{Elementary Particles}{TopicOnElementaryParticles}
\item \PMlinkname{Quantum Geometry}{QuantumGeometry}
\item \PMlinkname{Topological Quantum Field Theory}{TopicEntryOnTQFT}
\item \PMlinkname{High Energy and Elementary Particle Physics}{HighEnergyPhysics}
\item \PMlinkname{Dynamic Systems}{DynamicSystems}
\item \PMlinkname{Chaotic Systems}{TopicOnChaos}
\item \PMlinkname{Complex Systems}{Complex Systems}
\item \PMlinkname{Computational Physics}{Computational Physics}
\item \PMlinkname{Mathematical and Theoretical Physics}{fusion of theoretical physics with mathematics at IHES org}
\item \PMlinkname{Physical Mathematics}{TopicOnPhysicalMathematics}
\item \PMlinkname{Astrophysics and Cosmology}{Astrophysics and Cosmology}
\item \PMlinkname{Biophysics and Mathematical Biophysics}{BiophysicsAnd MathematicalBiology}
\item \PMlinkname{Applied Mathematics}{TopicEntryOnAppliedMathematics}
\end{itemize}
\subsection{Miscellaneous:}
\begin{itemize}
\item High school physics
\item \PMlinkname{GRE Physics Study Guide}{GREPhysicsStudyGuide}
\item Major resources and Facilities for Physics Research and Development
\item Bibliographies and Reference Lists
\item Index of Fundamental Concepts in Physics
\end{itemize}