Physics is applied mathematics that needs more than just mathematics alone. Physics would also require observation, experimentation, reproducibility and universality.
Physics would require daredevilry to question popular belief and intuition. It is about asking why a physical system would follow a particular set of equations. It is also about finding universality among different physical systems.
A set of equations or tabulated data used to describe a physical system is called an empirical model. For example, motion is a phenomenon that is reasonably understood by physicists, before Newton, in two different physical systems. One is motion under the gravitational force of earth and the other is the motion of planets and celestial objects. However, none were aware that they are in fact bound by a single universal law. It was Sir Issac Newton who could unify these phenomena.
Another example where we could find universality is in understanding the field of Electrostatics and Magnetism. These two independent theories were fantastically unified under Maxwell’s Electromagnetic Theory.
There are several facets of Physics (Nature) that are governed by seemingly similar laws like conservation Laws of mass, energy, momentum, charge, etc. Another example is inverse-square laws like – Universal law of gravitation, Coulomb’s Law of Static Charges, Bio Savart Law of Moving Charges, Coulomb’s Law of Magnetic Poles, etc.
Physics, though often does not result directly from math but developed under meticulous observation and questioning the popular belief. Galileo Galilei and Copernicus have proved the correctness of nature which is beyond religion. Archimedes was able to find the principle of buoyancy and Hook was able to study the Laws of statics by observation and experimentation.
Physics is like a minesweeper game, where new horizons and corners would be opened up when a successful logic (Mathematics) could explain boundaries of “mother nature”. The wonderful world of Sub-atomic physics was explored using Schrodinger’s equation. If Mathematics is the canvas then Physics is nature’s art that flourishes over it.
We at “JADE Academy” would explain the natural phenomena based on their sound mathematical theory. Students would be made to appreciate a concept in its historical context and by the efforts and the experiments that were carried by the legends. Students would then be taught to practice the concepts by solving Numerical problems. It will build ease, finesse, clarity and self-confidence.