Why Physics Matters

Physics is everywhere, all of the time. This seems cliche but I really am beginning to grasp that, as this year draws to a close. No matter what I do, every single day I make connections to the concepts from the classroom and life. I don't try to, but that is what taking physics does to you. It alters your perspective eternally, as things that simply happened before now hold within them staggering amounts of math and headache inducing levels of thought. At any time, a baseball in flight can become a kinematics problem, or any little interaction becomes an exercise in conservation of momentum. I cannot express how much I wish everyone had the chance to take physics, it offers a chance that the beauty of the universe will appear, for an instant, in any mundane action.