Sentence examples for first theories from inspiring English sources

One of the very first theories of cancer, Galen's theory, was that it was caused by an excess of black bile.

John Mitchell, an English physicist and astronomer, was inspired by it to put forward the first theories of wave motion in the earth.But Portugal was the main battleground between religious and scientific explanations.

This is a lively account of the debate, in the early 20th century, over the first theories of quantum mechanics: the revolutionary idea that lies at the subatomic base of physical reality.

The first theories, that she was either a jilted lover or a Taliban infiltrator, were firmly rejected by the authorities on Tuesday, but even her interrogators were left perplexed by her motives.

First, theories often introduce many terms simultaneously, not just one.

First, theories of progress draw attention to the power of the Western scientific paradigm.

The practical use comes first, theory second.

The first theory was proposed by the Scottish ethnologist John Ferguson McLennan.

That suggests the "Clovis first" theory is wrong.

The first theory applied only to observations made by someone moving at a constant speed.

The findings, they said, provide clear evidence for the first theory.