benignuman: Of course the description I gave of a scientific theory is vague and not particularly good- I just wanted to make the point that theory in everyday parlance is a hypothesis in science-speak- a scientific theory has a lot more backbone behind it.
That’s not to say I wouldn’t like your book :)- just that I get where you’re coming from and no, I don’t think I win the prize for the most concise and correct scientific definition.
rebdoniel: No it is not a law.
According to NASA.gov, a theory is “an explanation for why certain laws and facts exist that can be tested to determine its
accuracy.”
A law is “a logical relationship between two or more things that is based on a variety of facts and proven
hypothesis. It is often a mathematical statement of how two or more quantities relate to each other.”
direct experiment or observation. A proven hypothesis can be expressed as a law or a theory. A
disproven hypothesis can sometimes be re-tested and found correct as measurements improve.”
Okay. I can stop trying unsuccessfully to explain it. My sole point was that in science the word “theory” doesn’t mean “oh, we thought it happens to sound cool so we’ll just put it in all the textbooks an dhope nobody’s noticed it doesn’t make sense.”