#Classical Physics

Classical physics is the framework Newton, Galileo, Maxwell, and their successors built — the laws of motion, the universal law of gravitation, the equations of electromagnetism, the principles of thermodynamics. It’s the physics that describes everything from falling apples to planetary orbits to electric motors, and it’s still the right tool for almost any problem that doesn’t involve speeds near light or scales near atoms. The posts collected under this tag cover both the science and the historical figures who pieced it together.