The stuff the world is made of
physics and reality
pp. 129-183
in: Diederik Aerts, Jan Broekaert, Ernest Mathijs (eds), Einstein meets Magritte: an interdisciplinary reflection, Berlin, Springer, 1999Abstract
The word Physics comes from the Greek word "phusis" which means "that what comes into existence", and itself is derived from the Greek verb "phuoo" which means "to create, to come into existence".