fizyka
English meaning: Physics
Polish Definition
(Polski)Nauka przyrodnicza badająca materię, energię i fundamentalne prawa przyrody.
English Definition
The branch of science concerned with matter, energy, and their interactions. Poland's greatest contribution to physics is Marie Curie (Maria Skłodowska), who discovered polonium (named after Poland) and radium, pioneered research on radioactivity, and won the Nobel Prize in Physics (1903) and Chemistry (1911). Marian Smoluchowski made fundamental contributions to statistical physics and Brownian motion theory.
Example
“Maria Skłodowska odkryła polon i rad, rewolucjonizując fizykę i chemię.”
In English: “Maria Skłodowska discovered polonium and radium, revolutionizing physics and chemistry.”
Synonyms
- mechanika
- termodynamika
Literary Heritage
“Tyle wiemy o sobie, ile nas sprawdzono.”
“We know about ourselves only as much as we have been tested.”
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