Physics

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Dewey Decimal call number ranges for subject related browsing:

• 500   Natural sciences & mathematics
• 530   Physics 
• 531   Classical mechanics
• 532   Fluid mechanics
• 533   Gas mechanics
• 534   Sound & related vibrations
• 535   Light & infrared & ultraviolet phenomena
• 536   Heat
• 537   Electricity & electronics
• 538   Magnetism
• 539   Modern physics
• 541   Physical chemistry