“I have a theory that women are generally given space and appointed to jobs when the situation is tough. I've observed that in many instances. In times of crisis, women eventually are called upon to sort out the mess, face the difficult issues and be completely focused on restoring the situation.” JobsFacesGivenDifficultSpaceSituationIssuesTheoryToughCrisisFocusedInstanceMessRestoringTimes Of Crisis Author:Christine Lagarde
“The history of science knows scores of instances where an investigator was in the possession of all the important facts for a new theory but simply failed to ask the right questions.” KnowsImportantFactsAsksTheoryPossessionInstanceScoreInvestigatorsHistory Of ScienceRight Questions Book:The Growth of Biological Thought: Diversity, Evolution, and Inheritance Source: The Growth of Biological Thought: Diversity, Evolution, and Inheritance
“Supersymmetry is a theory which stipulates that for every known particle there should be a partner particle. For instance, the electron should be paired with a supersymmetric 'selectron,' quarks ought to have 'squark' partners, and so on.” ShouldKnownTheoryOughtPartnersInstanceParticlesElectronsQuarks Author:Brian Greene
“The credit which the apparent conformity with recognized scientific standards can gain for seemingly simple but false theories may, as the present instance shows, have grave consequences.” MayShowsSimpleEconomyTheoryStandardsConsequenceGainsCreditGravesInstanceConformity Author:Friedrich August von Hayek
“I have this friend who has a theory that lots of towns have energies. And, for instance, certain places in Alabama have bad ones because they were built on reservations or built on cemeteries or something. But Nashville has a really gravitational, magnetic pull.” CertainEnergyTheoryBuiltTownsInstanceCemeteryAlabamaNashvilleReservationsMagnetic Author:Caitlin Rose
“I have a very strong color theory, for instance, where in 'Powers,' green means powerless, and red means power.The story was all there, but I was desperate to make sure that extra level was the case.” MeanStoriesStrongLevelsCasesColorTheoryRedGreenInstanceExtrasDesperateVery StrongPowerless Author:Brian Michael Bendis
“String theories, for instance, they require seven additional dimensions. So, as experimentalists we should, with our high-tech instruments like the Large Hadron Collider, just listen to nature and to what nature wants to tell us.” WantShouldTheoryInstrumentsSevenInstanceDimensionsStringsJust ListenString Theory Author:Fabiola Gianotti
“I don't think Kant's theory looks bad to people except insofar as they have misunderstood it (for instance, as heartless and ironheaded, or as committed to an absurd metaphysical conception of freedom that violates Kant's own philosophy).” PeopleThinkingLooksPhilosophyTheoryCommittedAbsurdInstanceConceptionMetaphysicalMisunderstoodHeartless Author:Allen W. Wood