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All Theories & Experiments

The claims science has tested and the tests themselves: a theory describes what is held to be true and why, an experiment is the test that supported or challenged it. Together they are the atlas's record of how a claim earned its standing.

All Theories & Experiments
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2012 Higgs Boson Observation

Physical Sciences

Abegg's rule

Chemistry

Abiogenesis

Biology

Alvarez Iridium Layer Discovery

Earth Sciences

Amdahl's Law

Computer Science

Analysis of Algorithms

Computer Science

Andaman Islands Fieldwork

Life Sciences

Archimedes' Principle

Physics

Arrhenius Equation

Chemistry

Arrow's Impossibility Theorem

Mathematics

Aufbau Principle

Chemistry

Avery-MacLeod-McCarty Experiment

Life Sciences

Avogadro's Law

Chemistry

Axial twist theory

Biology

Baldwin Effect

Genetics

Bayes' Theorem

Mathematics

BCS Theory

Physics

Bell's Theorem

Physics

Benford's Law

Mathematics

Bergen School Synoptic Forecasting Program

Earth Sciences

Bernoulli's Principle

Physics

Big Bang Theory

Astronomy

Bohr Model

Physics

Bose-Einstein Statistics

Physics

Boveri-Sutton chromosome theory

Genetics

Bowen's Reaction Series

Geology

Boyle's Law

Chemistry

Bragg's Analysis of Sodium Chloride

Physical Sciences

Bronsted-Lowry Acid-Base Theory

Chemistry

Cage effect

Chemistry

Calculus

Mathematics

CAP Theorem

Computer Science

Catastrophism

Geology

Cavendish Experiment

Physical Sciences

Cell Theory

Biology

Cell-Free Fermentation

Biology

Central Limit Theorem

Mathematics

Charles's Law

Chemistry

Chemiosmosis

Biology

Chomsky Hierarchy

Computer Science

Chromosome Theory of Inheritance

Genetics

Church-Rosser Theorem

Computer Science

Church-Turing Thesis

Computer Science

Cladistics

Biology

Clonal Selection Theory

Biology

Collision Theory

Chemistry

Competitive Exclusion Principle

Biology

Conservation of Energy

Physics

Continental Drift

Geology

Contingency (evolutionary biology)

Biology

Cook-Levin Theorem

Computer Science

Copenhagen Interpretation

Physics

Cosmic Inflation

Astronomy

Cosmological Principle

Astronomy

Coulomb's Law

Physics

Crystal Field Theory

Chemistry

Dalton's Atomic Theory

Chemistry

Dark Energy

Astronomy

Dark Matter

Astronomy

Darwinism

Biology

Decompression theory

Physics

Degeneracy (biology)

Biology

Deterministic Chaos

Earth Sciences

Discovery of Argon

Physical Sciences

Discovery of Oxygen

Physical Sciences

Discovery of Polonium and Radium

Physical Sciences

Discovery of the Cosmic Microwave Background

Physical Sciences

DNA Double Helix

Genetics

Doppler Effect

Physics

Double-Slit Experiment

Physical Sciences

Drake Equation

Astronomy

Duhem-Quine Thesis

Formal Sciences

Ecosystem Concept

Biology

Eddington Eclipse Expedition of 1919

Physical Sciences

Effective theory

Physics

Elastic-Rebound Theory

Geology

Electron-Pair Bond Theory

Chemistry

Electroweak Interaction

Physics

Endosymbiotic Theory

Biology

Epigenetic Inheritance

Genetics

Evolution

Biology

Evolution as fact and theory

Biology

Evolutionism

Biology

Extended evolutionary synthesis

Biology

Fabrication of the Plutonium Core

Physical Sciences

Falsificationism

Formal Sciences

Faraday's Law of Induction

Physics

Fermat's Last Theorem

Mathematics

Fermentation theory

Biology

Fermi-Dirac Statistics

Physics

First Law of Thermodynamics

Physics

FitzRoy's Storm Warnings and Daily Forecasts

Earth Sciences

Food Chain Concept

Biology

Founder Effect

Genetics

Fundamental Theorem of Algebra

Mathematics

Gaia Hypothesis

Biology

Game Theory

Formal Sciences

Gene-Centred View of Evolution

Genetics

General Relativity

Physics
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