Do you think that physics will ever be complete in the sense that there will no longer be any need for theoretical and experimental research in physics?
2006-11-24 01:35:04 · 9 answers · asked by lavenderedolphinluvermashimaro89 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
No. There is no limit to what is out there that we know nothing about yet. The more we learn, the more we realise we do not yet know.
2006-11-24 03:04:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably not. Several years ago, atoms were thought to be the fundamental component of the physical world, and later, it was found that nucleus are made with proton and neutron. Then, it was theorized that neutrons and protons are made of quarks. And we do not know what constitute quarks...
Discoveries -- especially everyday life changing discoveries -- will be harder to make however, and will require more work. To find the heaviest fundamental particles, physicists require ever more powerful particle accelerators. At some point, we could reach a time where a particle accelerator could need the power of a star to find out more; physics would be stalled only by the practical limitations of our means; this does not mean it will stop, but it could be slowed down.
2006-11-24 09:46:33 · answer #2 · answered by Vincent G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't we can exactly tell. There was a time when people thought that the fields of physics have been well explored. Not that every answer has been answered, just that fields like Newtonian mechanics, thermodynamics, electromagnetism seemed to be all there was to physics. Then in the early 1900s we began to see the birth of quantum physics.
So who knows, we might be in a period akin to the early 20th century, something might come around in the corner!
2006-11-24 11:55:54 · answer #3 · answered by Nautilus 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At the moment we don't really know what we don't know. But by learning we find the unknowns which then become known to all those knowing people.
But having found out what we don't know we are now in a position to ask our children because they know everything about everything that's why they said they didn't need physics
Einstine? Was his first name " Frank " ?
2006-11-24 09:55:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answer is a simple no. Even IF we know everything beyond any doubt we might just create a new question which we don't have the answers to. For example, what you just asked.
2006-11-24 14:38:55 · answer #5 · answered by chinz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No! science(either physics,chemistry or biology) is dynamic.
2006-11-24 09:39:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Great question!
2006-11-24 09:37:46 · answer #7 · answered by Mr. Yahoo 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
We'll probably kill ourselves before that happens.
2006-11-24 09:46:04 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
FOR SURE
2006-11-24 09:45:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋