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theoretical physics

branch of physics concerned with formulating theory rather than performing experiments
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Summary

theoretical physics is a branch of physics[1]. It draws 4,896 Wikipedia views per month (branch of physics category, ranking #11 of 105).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: physics[3]
  • Part of: physics[4]
  • Commons category: Theoretical physics[5]
  • Said to be the same as: mathematical physics[6]
  • Opposite of: applied physics[7], experimental physics[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Theoretical physics[9]
  • Stack Exchange tag: https://hsm.stackexchange.com/tags/theoretical-physics[10]
  • Practiced by: theoretical physicist[11]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[12]

Why It Matters

theoretical physics has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

Aage Bohr Abdus Salam Adam Prugel-Bennett Alan H. Bond Albert Einstein Alexander Arkadyevich Migdal Alexander Friedmann Alexander Gorban Alexandre Tkatchenko Alexei Abrikosov Alfs T. Berztiss Andrei Linde Andrew J. Hanson Arnold Sommerfeld Bob Coecke Brian Greene Carlo Rovelli Douglas Hartree E. C. George Sudarshan Edward Teller Emmy Noether Enrico Fermi Erwin Schrödinger experimental physics François Englert Frank Wilczek Franz Ernst Neumann Fritz London George Gamow George Uhlenbeck

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15w ago · Pmt · 2026-06-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikistrinda article id → 34133
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  2. 17w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0007057-teoreticka-fyzika
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  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → physics
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → physics
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ Yso id: 38202, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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