define unification and reductionism - Physics - Physical World

Question

define unification and reductionism??

Somnath physics · Accepted Answer

Unification refers to explanation of large
number of phenomena by lesser and lesser number of laws of physics
and finally arriving to a single law which is the underlying
principle behind all phenomena that exists in
nature

Reductionism is a philosophy that tends to
reduce the observation and phenomena into certain basic set of
principles Reductionism as a philosophy was instituted by Socrates
who taught his students to draw conclusion based upon observation
and should be guided by logic, reductionism underlies most of the
scientific observations