Provides descriptions of the most famous scientific concepts, principles, laws, and theories that are known in the areas of astronomy, biology, chemistry, geology, mathematics, medicine, meteorology, and physics.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Dedication.
Contents.
List of Entries.
Preface.
1: Introduction.
2: Abbe's Theory for Correcting Lens Distortions.
3: Abegg's Rule and Valence Theory.
4: Abel's Theory of Groups (Abelian Groups).
5: Adams' Concept of Hydrogenation.
6: Adhemar's Ice Age Theory.
7: Agassiz's Geological Theories.
8: Agricola's Theories of Earthquakes and Volcanoes.
9: Airy's Concepts of Geologic Equilibrium.
10: Al-Battani's Theories.
11: Alvarez's Hypotheses of Subatomic Collisions.
12: Ambartsumian's Theory of Stellar Associations.
13: Amdahl's Law.
14: Ampère's Theories of Electrodynamics.
15: Anaximander's Concepts and Ideas.
16: Anderson's Positron Theory.
17: Anderson's Theories and Model.
18: Ångströom's Principle of Spectrum Analysis and Related Theories.
19: Arago's Wave Theory of Light and Arago's Disk.
20: Arber's Concept of the Structure of DNA.
21: Archimedes' Theories.
22: Aristotle's Theories.
23: Arrhenius' Theories, Principles, and Concepts.
24: Aston's Whole Number Rule.
25: Atomism Theories.
26: Auger Effect, The.
27: Avogadro's Law, Hypotheses, and Number.
28: Baade's Theories of Stellar Phenomena.
29: Babbage's Theory of Computing.
30: Babinet's Principle.
31: Babo's Law.
32: Bacon's Concept of Inductive Reasoning.
33: Baekeland's Concept of Synthetic Polymerization.
34: Baer's Laws of Embryonic Development.
35: Baeyer's Strain Theory for Compound Stability.
36: Bahcall's Theory for the Solar Neutrino Model.
37: Bakker's Dinosaur Theory.
38: Balmer Series.
39: Baltimore's Hypothesis for the Reverse Transfer of RNA to DNA.
