Her fieldwork led to the groundbreaking theory that the internal culture and social organisation of a family depended on the particular way they were connected with the network of people and organisations outside the family.
The islands became internationally famous as a result of their being visited in 1835 by the English naturalist Charles Darwin; their unusual fauna contributed to the groundbreaking theories on natural selection presented in his On the Origin of Species (1859).
Since the weight is roughly proportional to the cube of the diameter, this result suggests a groundbreaking theory: the larger a retroreflector is, the stronger is the intensity per unit mass which may be expected.
An original handwritten manuscript of Albert Einstein's groundbreaking theory of relativity caps the exhibit.
It included a groundbreaking theory of proper names and what they refer to — essentially, a theory about how language attaches to the world.
Then again, in today's hectic academic world he thinks he would never have had enough the time or space to formulate his groundbreaking theory.
Before he got to the Galapagos Islands, Charles Darwin spent two years studying the distinct flora and fauna of the southern tip of South America, making observations that came to influence his groundbreaking theory of natural selection.
Years ago, we're told, Mallach formulated a groundbreaking theory that was ignored by the academic establishment, and that experience, coupled with his wife's betrayal, has driven him to the brink of madness.
Hawking also studied black holes, with a groundbreaking theory that the cosmic monsters do actually emit a faint glimmer of radiation.
His contribution pulls samples from the work of early Mexican experimental musicians, including Julián Carillo, a composer and music theorist who developed a groundbreaking theory of microtonality in the beginning of the 20th century.
