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Special Relativity and Classical Field Theory

In 1905, while only twenty-six years old, Albert Einstein published "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies" and effectively extended classical laws of relativity to all laws of physics, even electrodynamics.

Least Action Principle and Energy Hamiltonian

The least action principle is an extremely powerful tool that can be used to determine the trajectories taken up by the particle. It simply states that out of the possible trajectories, the particle will take the one for which the action required is the least.

Hinting towards "missing pieces" of physics - Muon G-2 experiment

The Standard model is like the periodic table of physics which explains nearly everything in our universe. Despite being extremely successful, it also suffers caveats.

Quantum Fields - the Lego blocks of the Universe

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The founding father, perhaps the grand-father of physics (theoretical physics per se), whose idea changed our world and post which our perception about the world changed forever was proposed by an ancient Greek pre-Socratic philosopher Democritus in 4 century BC.

It's Rocket Science!

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Economics and Rocket Science I am more of a macro-economics guy, so why should I care about rocket science?