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Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) : 530

First Summary (The Ten Main Classes)

000 : Computers, information, & general works
100 : Philosophy & psychology
200 : Religion
300 : Social sciences
400 : Language
500 : Science
600 : Technology
700 : Arts & recreation
800 : Literature
900 : History & geography

Second Summary (The Hundred Divisions)

500 : Science
510 : Mathematics
520 : Astronomy
530 : Physics
540 : Chemistry
550 : Earth sciences & geology
560 : Fossils & prehistoric life
570 : Life sciences; biology
580 : Plants (Botany)
590 : Animals (Zoology)


Third Summary (The Thousand Sections)

530 : Physics
531 : Classical mechanics; solid mechanics
532 : Fluid mechanics; liquid mechanics
533 : Gas mechanics
534 : Sound & related vibrations
535 : Light & infrared & ultraviolet phenomena
536 : Heat
537 : Electricity & electronics
538 : Magnetism
539 : Modern physics