A form of science for nerds, although a different kind of nerd then those that enjoy Dungeons & Dragons. Considered the peak of science by those who engage in it, considered total trash by those who don't. Physics majors and engineers are permanently at war over units.
Who's that nerdy mormon reading that book?
Oh, thats the local physics teacher.
The student's physics notes were filled with as many equations as his roommate's calculus notes.
The physics major knew that physics involved a lot of math, so he reasoned that if he were to excel at physics, he'd better be freakin' awesome at math.
Taking something very simple (i.e. a cup sitting on a table), and making it very complicated (i.e. the Archimedes force equation) by attaching numbers to individual concepts and then deriving more numbers from those. All in all, a very arbitrary system.
The universe used to be a pretty simple place up until THEY decided to assign numbers to everything, thus creating physics and making those things much more complicated than they ought to be.