> Physics is the science that studies "physical models" This is a completely wrong thing to say. Physics studies (some aspects of) Nature by creating models an

> Physics is the science that studies "physical models" This is a completely wrong thing to say. Physics studies (some aspects of) Nature by creating models and testing their predictions. (You as a student might well be studying "physical models", but it would be a funny thing to say that for example "biology is a science where the teacher is yelling at students while trying to attract their attention to some nasty-looking posters.")