What are the top 100 most important laws of physics

It is difficult to rank the laws of physics in terms of importance, as they are all essential for our understanding of the natural world. However, here is a list of 100 laws and concepts in physics, grouped by topic:

Mechanics:

  1. Newton’s First Law of Motion
  2. Newton’s Second Law of Motion
  3. Newton’s Third Law of Motion
  4. Conservation of Energy
  5. Conservation of Momentum
  6. Work-Energy Theorem
  7. Law of Universal Gravitation
  8. Kepler’s Laws of Planetary Motion
  9. Hooke’s Law
  10. Elasticity

Thermodynamics: 11. Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics

  1. First Law of Thermodynamics
  2. Second Law of Thermodynamics
  3. Third Law of Thermodynamics
  4. Ideal Gas Law
  5. Entropy
  6. Heat Capacity
  7. Specific Heat
  8. Thermal Equilibrium
  9. Phase Transitions

Electricity and Magnetism: 21. Coulomb’s Law

  1. Electric Field
  2. Electric Potential
  3. Electric Current
  4. Ohm’s Law
  5. Kirchhoff’s Laws
  6. Magnetic Field
  7. Faraday’s Law of Induction
  8. Lenz’s Law
  9. Ampere’s Law

Optics: 31. Reflection

  1. Refraction
  2. Interference
  3. Diffraction
  4. Polarization
  5. Snell’s Law
  6. Total Internal Reflection
  7. Huygens’ Principle
  8. Geometrical Optics
  9. Wave Optics

Relativity: 41. Special Theory of Relativity

  1. Time Dilation
  2. Length Contraction
  3. Lorentz Transformation
  4. Equivalence of Mass and Energy (E=mc^2)
  5. General Theory of Relativity
  6. Gravitational Waves
  7. Black Holes
  8. Event Horizons
  9. Singularity

Quantum Mechanics: 51. Planck’s Constant

  1. Photoelectric Effect
  2. Complementarity Principle
  3. Uncertainty Principle
  4. Schrödinger Equation
  5. Wave-Particle Duality
  6. Quantum Tunneling
  7. Quantum Entanglement
  8. Spin
  9. Pauli Exclusion Principle

Nuclear Physics: 61. Radioactivity

  1. Nuclear Fusion
  2. Nuclear Fission
  3. Mass-Energy Equivalence
  4. Binding Energy
  5. Half-Life
  6. Beta Decay
  7. Alpha Decay
  8. Gamma Decay
  9. Neutron Capture

Particle Physics: 71. Standard Model

  1. Higgs Boson
  2. Gauge Theory
  3. Electroweak Force
  4. Strong Force
  5. Weak Force
  6. Quarks
  7. Leptons
  8. Antimatter
  9. Neutrinos

Astrophysics: 81. Big Bang Theory

  1. Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation
  2. Dark Matter
  3. Dark Energy
  4. Blackbody Radiation
  5. Redshift
  6. Cosmic Inflation
  7. Supernovae
  8. Neutron Stars
  9. Black Holes

Fluid Mechanics: 91. Archimedes’ Principle

  1. Bernoulli’s Principle
  2. Continuity Equation
  3. Navier-Stokes Equation
  4. Reynolds Number
  5. Stokes’ Law
  6. Pascal’s Law
  7. Viscosity
  8. Surface Tension
  9. Buoyancy

Note that this list is not exhaustive and there are many more laws and concepts in physics that could be added. Also, some of these laws may be considered more fundamental than others depending

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