Applied Physics and Materials Science

Theoretical, Experimental and Computational Physics

Theoretical physics is the division of physics that employs mathematical models and abstractions of physical objects and systems to justify, explain and predict natural phenomena. It is an effort to understand the laws governing the nature. Experimental physics recovers all the disciplines of physics that are concerned with data acquisition, data–acquisition methods, and the detailed conceptualization and realization of laboratory experiments. Computational physics is the study of scientific problems by using computational methods; it is the computer science, physics and applied mathematics to develop scientific solutions to difficult problems. Computational physics pairs the areas of theory and experimentation in traditional scientific research.