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www.physics.northwestern.edu
Physics is the broadest of the sciences, and more than any other seeks to explain the natural world in the most universal manner possible. Physicists emphasize basic knowledge, looking for the hidden symmetries that underlie the natural world, and try to express them in the most universal terms possible. The breadth of problems studied in modern physics and astronomy is great. Our department has active research programs in areas ranging from theoretical astrophysics and observational astronomy to complex systems, condensed matter physics, atomic, molecular and optical physics, and nuclear and particle physics.
