What is Physics?
Girls in Physics
Physics is often perceived as a “boys” subject. This is clearly not true! Physics is for girls and boys and has wide appeal to anyone interested in designing experiments, observing events and asking sensible questions about them. Skills such as organising your work, being able to explain things clearly and working as a team member are essential in physics. Girls are very comfortable with these skills and usually do extremely well in Physics often obtaining top grades.
Careers
Careers where a physics qualification is essential or desirable include:
Engineering (eg. IBM, Construction companies, Civil Service)
Communication Industry (eg. BT, BBC TV and Radio) Manufacturing (eg. Design, Research, Marketing)
Education (eg. Primary, Secondary, etc.)
Health and Medicine (eg. Diagnosis, Treatment)
Transport (eg. Road, Rail, Air, Space, Water)
The Leisure Industry (eg. Music, Media, Sport)
Physics is a key part of science and technology. It deals with how and why things behave as they do. Physics helps to solve problems in the environment, in society, in health matters, in industry and more. It is about practical things but also involves ideas such as the origin of the universe and the tiniest building blocks of materials.
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