I'm not taking as much heat as the other two amateur taxonomists on ScienceBlogs, but I'll also throw the topic open for suggestions. So, if I left your favorite sub-field of physics out of my Geek Taxonomy, drop me a comment suggesting a field that I left out, and what I ought to say about it. ( They needn't be serious.) If I get any good suggestions, I'll post an updated Taxonomy of Physics incorporating the suggestions.
If you have strong opinions about sub-fields of biology or anthropology, be sure to weigh in over at the Daily Transcript or Afarensis.
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Condensed Matter Physics:
This may be the largest single field of physics, and it's probably the most important in everyday terms.
And you call elementary particle physicists arrogant? puh-leez. FermiLab roxors.
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The plural of "taxon" is "taxa".
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Taxon.
Taxoff.
Now you try...