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Encyclopedia of Scientific Principles, Laws, and Theories

ENCYCLOPEDIA SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES LAWS AND THEORIES 2V

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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.

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Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Dedication.
Contents.
List of Entries.
Preface.
1: Introduction.
2: Abbe&#x0027;s Theory for Correcting Lens Distortions.
3: Abegg&#x0027;s Rule and Valence Theory.
4: Abel&#x0027;s Theory of Groups (Abelian Groups).
5: Adams&#x0027; Concept of Hydrogenation.
6: Adhemar&#x0027;s Ice Age Theory.
7: Agassiz&#x0027;s Geological Theories.
8: Agricola&#x0027;s Theories of Earthquakes and Volcanoes.
9: Airy&#x0027;s Concepts of Geologic Equilibrium.
10: Al-Battani&#x0027;s Theories.
11: Alvarez&#x0027;s Hypotheses of Subatomic Collisions.
12: Ambartsumian&#x0027;s Theory of Stellar Associations.
13: Amdahl&#x0027;s Law.
14: Amp&#x00E8;re&#x0027;s Theories of Electrodynamics.
15: Anaximander&#x0027;s Concepts and Ideas.
16: Anderson&#x0027;s Positron Theory.
17: Anderson&#x0027;s Theories and Model.
18: &#x00C5;ngstr&#x00F6;om&#x0027;s Principle of Spectrum Analysis and Related Theories.
19: Arago&#x0027;s Wave Theory of Light and Arago&#x0027;s Disk.
20: Arber&#x0027;s Concept of the Structure of DNA.
21: Archimedes&#x0027; Theories.
22: Aristotle&#x0027;s Theories.
23: Arrhenius&#x0027; Theories, Principles, and Concepts.
24: Aston&#x0027;s Whole Number Rule.
25: Atomism Theories.
26: Auger Effect, The.
27: Avogadro&#x0027;s Law, Hypotheses, and Number.
28: Baade&#x0027;s Theories of Stellar Phenomena.
29: Babbage&#x0027;s Theory of Computing.
30: Babinet&#x0027;s Principle.
31: Babo&#x0027;s Law.
32: Bacon&#x0027;s Concept of Inductive Reasoning.
33: Baekeland&#x0027;s Concept of Synthetic Polymerization.
34: Baer&#x0027;s Laws of Embryonic Development.
35: Baeyer&#x0027;s Strain Theory for Compound Stability.
36: Bahcall&#x0027;s Theory for the Solar Neutrino Model.
37: Bakker&#x0027;s Dinosaur Theory.
38: Balmer Series.
39: Baltimore&#x0027;s Hypothesis for the Reverse Transfer of RNA to DNA.
40: Banach&#x0027;s Theory of Topological Vector Spaces.
41: Banting&#x0027;s Theory for Isolating Pancreatic Insulin.
42: Bardeen&#x0027;s Theory of Superconductivity.
43: Barringer&#x0027;s Impact Theory of Craters.
44: Beaumont&#x0027;s Theory for the Origin of Mountains.
45: Becquerel&#x0027;s Hypothesis of X-Ray Fluorescence.
46: Beer&#x0027;s Law.
47: Behring&#x0027;s Theory of Immunology.
48: Bell&#x0027;s Law (Also Known as the Bell&#x2013;Magendie Law).
49: Bergeron&#x0027;s Theory of Cloud Processes.
50: Bernoulli&#x0027;s Law of Large Numbers.
51: Bernoulli&#x0027;s Principle.
52: Berzeliu&#x0027;s Chemical Theories.
53: Bessel&#x0027;s Astronomical Theories.
54: Bethe&#x0027;s Theory of Thermonuclear Energy.
55: Biot&#x2013;Savart Law.
56: Birkeland&#x0027;s Theory of the Aurora Borealis.
57: Bjerknes&#x0027; Theory of Air Masses.
58: Black&#x0027;s Theories of Heat.
59: Bode&#x0027;s Law for Planetary Orbits.
60: Bohm&#x0027;s Interpretation of the Uncertainty Theory for Electrons.
61: Bohr&#x0027;s Quantum Theory of Atomic Structure.
62: Bok&#x0027;s Globules Theory of Star Formation.
63: Boltzmann&#x0027;s Laws, Hypotheses, and Constant.
64: Bonnet&#x0027;s Theories of Parthenogenesis and Catastrophism.
65: Boole&#x0027;s Theory of Symbolic Logic.
66: Born&#x2013;Haber Theory of Cycle Reactions.
67: Boyle&#x0027;s Law.
68: Bradley&#x0027;s Theory of a Moving Earth.
69: Brahe&#x0027;s Theory of the Changing Heavens.
70: Buffon&#x0027;s Theories of Nature.
71: Bunsen&#x0027;s Theory of the Spectrochemistry of Elements.
72: B2FH (Burbidge&#x2013;Burbidge&#x2013;Fowler&#x2013;Hoyle) Theory, The.
73: Cagniard De La Tour&#x0027;s Concept of &#x0022;Critical State&#x0022;.
74: Cailletet&#x0027;s Concept for Liquefying Gases.
75: Calvin&#x0027;s Carbon Cycle.
76: Candolle&#x0027;s Concept of Plant Classification.
77: Cannizzaro&#x0027;s Theory of Atomic and Molecular Weights.
78: Cantor&#x0027;s Mathematical Theories.
79: Cardano&#x0027;s Cubic Equation.
80: Carnot&#x0027;s Theories of Thermodynamics.
81: Casimir Force (Effect).
82: Caspersson&#x0027;s Theory of Protein Synthesis.
83: Cassini&#x0027;s Hypothesis for the Size of the Solar System.
84: Cavendish&#x0027;s Theories and Hypothesis.
85: Celsius Temperature Scale.
86: Chadwick&#x0027;s Neutron Hypothesis.
87: Chambers&#x0027; Theory of the Origin of Life.
88: Chandrasekhar Limit.
89: Chang&#x0027;s Theories and Concepts.
90: Chang&#x0027;s Theory of Capacitation.
91: Chapman-Enskog Kinetic Theory of Gases.
92: Chargaff&#x0027;s Hypothesis for the Composition of DNA.
93: Charles&#x0027; Law.
94: Charney&#x0027;s Theoretical Meteorology.
95: Charpak&#x0027;s Concept of Tracking Particles.
96: Charpentier&#x0027;s Glacier Theory.
97: Chevreul&#x0027;s Theory of Fatty Acids.
98: Chu&#x0027;s Hypothesis for &#x0022;High Temperature&#x0022; Superconductivity.
99: Clarke&#x0027;s Supergene Theory.
100: Claude&#x0027;s Concept for Producing Liquid Air.
101: Clausius&#x0027; Laws and Theory of Thermodynamics.
102: Cockcroft&#x2013;Walton Artificial Nuclear Reaction.
103: Cohn&#x0027;s Bacteria and Cell Theories.
104: Compton&#x0027;s Wave&#x2013;Particle Hypotheses.
105: Conway&#x0027;s Game of Life Theory.
106: Copernicus&#x0027; Cosmology Theories.
107: Corey&#x0027;s Theory of Retrosynthetic Analysis.
108: Coriolis&#x0027; Theory of Forces Acting on Rotating Surfaces.
109: Cori Theory of Catalytic Conversion of Glycogen, The.
110: Coulomb&#x0027;s Laws.
111: Couper&#x0027;s Theory for the Structure of Carbon Compounds.
112: Crick&#x2013;Watson Theory of DNA.
113: Crookes&#x0027; Radiation Theories.
114: Crutzen&#x0027;s Theory of Ozone Depletion.
115: Curies&#x0027; Radiation Theories and Hypotheses.
116: Curl&#x0027;s Hypothesis for a New Form of Carbon.
117: Cuvier&#x0027;s Theories of Anatomy and Taxonomy.
118: Daguerre&#x0027;s Concept of How to &#x0022;Freeze&#x0022; Images Made by the Camera Obscura.
119: Dale&#x0027;s Theory of Vagus Nerve Stimuli.
120: D&#x0027;Alembert&#x0027;s Principle of Fluid Dynamics.
121: Dalton&#x0027;s Laws and Theories.
122: Dana&#x0027;s Theory of Geosyncline.
123: Daniell&#x0027;s Concept of the Electro-Chemical Cell.
124: Darlington&#x0027;s Theory of Cell Nuclear Divisions.
125: Darwin&#x0027;s Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection.
126: Davisson&#x0027;s Theory of Diffraction of Electrons.
127: Davy&#x0027;s Concept that Electric Current can be Used to Separate Elements.
128: Dawkins&#x0027; Theory of Evolution.
129: De Beer&#x0027;s Germ-Layer Theory.
130: De Broglie&#x0027;s Wave Theory of Matter.
131: Debye&#x2013;H&#x00FC;ckel Theory of Electrolytes.
132: Dehmelt&#x0027;s Electron Trap.
133: Delbr&#x00FC;k&#x0027;s and Luria&#x0027;s Phage Theory.
134: Democritus&#x0027; Atomic Theory of Matter.
135: Descartes&#x0027; Theories and Philosophy.
136: De Vries&#x0027; &#x0022;Pangenes&#x0022; Theory of Evolution.
137: Dewar&#x0027;s Concept of Liquefying Gases.
138: D&#x0027;Herelle&#x0027;s Bacteriolytic Theory.
139: Dicke&#x0027;s Theory of the Big Bang.
140: Diesel&#x0027;s Concept of an Internal Combustion Engine.
141: Dirac&#x0027;s Relativistic Theories.
142: Djerassi&#x0027;s Theory for Synthetic Oral Contraception.
143: D&#x00D6;Bereiner&#x0027;s Law of Triads.
144: Dobzhansky&#x0027;s Theory of Genetic Diversity.
145: Domagk&#x0027;s Concept of Dyes as an Antibiotic.
146: Doppler&#x0027;s Principle.
147: Douglass&#x0027; Theory of Dendrochronology.
148: Drake Equation, The.
149: Draper&#x0027;s Ray Theory.
150: Dulbecco&#x0027;s Theory of Cancer Cell Transformation.
151: Dumas&#x0027; Substitution Theory.
152: Dyson&#x0027;s Theory of Quantum Electrodynamics.
153: Eddington&#x0027;s Theories and Concepts.
154: Edison&#x0027;s Theory of Thermionic Effect.
155: Ehrlich&#x0027;s &#x0022;Designer&#x0022; Drug Hypothesis.
156: Eigen&#x0027;s Theory of Fast Ionic Reactions.
157: Einstein&#x0027;s Theories, Hypotheses, and Concepts.
158: Einthoven&#x0027;s Theory that the Heart Generates an Electric Current.
159: Ekman&#x0027;s Hypothesis of the Coriolis Effect on Ocean Currents.
160: Eldredge&#x2013;Gould Theory of Punctuated Evolution.
161: Elion&#x0027;s Theory for Cell Differences.
162: Elton&#x0027;s Theory of Animal Ecology.
163: Enders&#x0027; Theory for Cultivation of Viruses.
164: E&#x00F6;tv&#x00F6;s&#x0027; Rule (Law).
165: Erasistratus&#x0027; Theory of Anatomy and Physiology.
166: Eratosthenes&#x0027; Mathematical Concepts.
167: Ernst&#x0027;s Theory of the Magnetic Moment of Atomic Nuclei.
168: Esaki&#x0027;s Theory of Tunnel Diodes.
169: Euclid&#x0027;s Paradigm for All Bodies of Knowledge.
170: Eudoxus&#x0027; Theory of Planetary Motion.
171: Euler&#x0027;s Contributions in Mathematics.
172: Everett&#x0027;s Multiple-Universe Theory of Reality.
173: Ewing&#x0027;s Hypothesis for Undersea Mountain Ridges.
174: Eyring&#x0027;s Quantum Theory of Chemical Reaction Rates.
175: Fabricius&#x0027; Theory of Embryology.
176: Fahrenheit&#x0027;s Concept of a Thermometer.
177: Fairbank&#x0027;s Quark Theory.
178: Fajans&#x0027; Rules for Chemical Bonding.
179: Fallopius&#x0027; Theories of Anatomy.
180: Faraday&#x0027;s Laws and Principles.
181: Fermat&#x0027;s Principles and Theories.
182: Fermi&#x0027;s Nuclear Theories.
183: Fessenden&#x0027;s Concept of the Thermionic Diode.
184: Feynman&#x0027;s Theory of Quantum Electrodynamics (QED).
185: Fibonacci&#x0027;s Numbering System.
186: Fick&#x0027;s Laws of Diffusion.
187: Fischer&#x0027;s Projection Formulas.
188: Fitzgerald&#x0027;s Concept of Electromagnetic Contraction.
189: Fizeau&#x0027;s Theory of the Nature of Light as a Wave.
190: Fleischmann&#x0027;s Theory for Cold Fusion.
191: Fleming&#x0027;s Bactericide Hypothesis.
192: Fleming&#x0027;s Rules for Determining Direction of Vectors.

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