ABSTRACT
Almost everyone has heard of Einstein’s Theory of Relativity. People have also heard of things such as the “Theory of Evolution” and “Atomic Theory.” What is common to all these theories is that they are theories about what scientists call natural phenomena : things that we observe everyday. Theories are a fundamental staple in science, and all advances in science are, in some way or another, advances in theory development. If you asked scientists, they would tell you that the sciences could not proceed without theories. And if you ask applied scientists (such as those who develop medicines or attempt to solve the problem of how to travel from Earth to Mars), they would tell you that a good deal of their work is derived from theoretical insights.
