(The theory, which is not well supported by evidence, is that this reduces electricity use).
The show includes Einstein's 1916 manuscript explaining the theory, which has never been displayed in the United States, the organizers say.
The theory, which made the rounds of magazine cover stories, quickly found its biggest audience in the conscientious parents of young children.
They point to the dearth of medical studies to back up the theory, which has become a matter of intense debate among professionals.
The theory, which was either brilliant insight or the blindingly obvious, accepted that people do not behave as easily controllable beings, willing to do as they are instructed.
But there haven't been too many real-world tests of the theory, which is precisely what makes Mr. Schneider's research so interesting — and so depressing.
An expanded version, with additional evidence to support the theory — which was known as the serial endosymbiotic theory — became her first book, "Origin of Eukaryotic Cells".
In our microeconomics course we studied the traditional version of the theory, which states that rational choices are primarily based on self-interest.
And one may become enamored of the model or the theory, which will usually be neater and more seductive than the reality.
The theory, which was formulated in 2000 and is being extolled as a breakthrough in Marxism, is an effort to adapt the Communist Party to the vibrant, market-driven society that China is becoming.
Motivated by the article, Dr. Caves did a remarkable thing: he wrote a mathematical rebuttal to the theory, which will be published by a British academic journal, Contemporary Physics.
