psalms  77 and also 105 is the idea of speaking  and saying over the wonders of God. To me this seems like a clear statement about the importance of learning Physics. And I think you can see this in the Mishna Torah of the Rambam. In the first four chapters of Mishna Torah the Rambam goes into the Physics and Metaphysis as was understood by Aristotle and the later neo Platonic philosophers. And all that is contained in what the Rambam says there is to think and learn about the wonders of God to come to fear and love of God.

[Physics I think is clear what it entails. But Metaphysics? My impression is that means Plato, Aristotle, Plotinus, Kant, Leonard Nelson.]