Cavendish worked out a comprehensive theory of electricity.
A more comprehensive theory of motivation is the humanistic, incorporating Maslow's hierarchy of needs.
The elements necessary for a more comprehensive theory of its function and meaning became discernible.
The first truly detailed and comprehensive theory of continental drift was proposed in 1912 by Alfred Wegener, a German meteorologist.
They developed a vibrant, comprehensive theory of literature and culture that inspired structuralism, an influential critical movement in the West.
What is needed to sort out these difficulties is a comprehensive theory of refereeing, which is inextricably tied to a conception of soccer at its best.
Although extensive studies have been made of the responses of single cortical neurons, the data do not yet fit any comprehensive theory of auditory analysis.
Published in amplified form in 1913, his paper contained the first comprehensive theory of metamorphic rocks and proved to be singularly fruitful for advances in their study.
Since the mid-20th century, a more comprehensive theory of light, known as quantum electrodynamics (QED), has been regarded by physicists as complete.
The work of M.A.K. Halliday derived much of its original inspiration from Firth (above), but Halliday provided a more systematic and comprehensive theory of the structure of language than Firth had, and it was quite extensively illustrated.
It was introduced independently in 1948 by Maria Goeppert Mayer of the United States and Johannes Hans Daniel Jensen of West Germany, and it developed in succeeding decades into a comprehensive theory of the nucleus.
