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Subject Terms for Physics

The following is a partial list of subject headings related to physics that can be used to locate books and other items in the FAU Libraries Catalog.

Celestial Mechanics
Crystallography
Diffusion
Dynamics
Field theory
Galaxy
Interstellar
Light Pollution
Nebula
Optics
Quantum chronodynamics
Quantum theory
Relativity
Solid state physics
Space and time
Spectroscopy
Superposition
Wave mechanics

Subject Sections

Astronomy & Astrophysics QA

Theoretical Astronomy & Celestial Mechanics QB329 - QB421
Astrogeology QB46 - QB466
Astrophysics QB468 - QB480
Astronomy QB500 - QB785
Cosomology QB980 - QB981

Physics QC

General Information QC1 - QC19
Mathematical QC19.2 - QC52
Instruments QC53 - QC114
Mechanics QC120 - QC168.86
Atomic physics (molecular, condensed matter, quantum mechanics, solid state) QC170 - QC173.458, QC173.96 - QC174.52, QC175.4 - QC197
Relativity QC173.5 - QC173.75
Statistical Mechanics QC174.7 - 175.36
Acoustics QC220 - QC246
Heat, Thermodynamics QC251 - QC338.5
Optics, Spectroscopy QC350 - QC467
Radiation QC474 - QC496.9
Electricity & Magnetism QC501 - QC766
Nuclear & Particle Physics QC770 - QC798
Geophysics, Cosmic physics QC801 - QC849
Meteorology, Climatology QC851 - QC999