Wallace was one of the leading evolutionary thinkers of the 19th century and made a number of other contributions to the development of evolutionary theory besides being co-discoverer of natural selection.

At this time he was a leading expert in the theory of topological vector spaces.

La Longue Marche à travers la théorie de Galois Long March Through Galois Theory is an approximately 1600-page handwritten manuscript produced by Grothendieck during the years 1980 – 1981, containing many of the ideas leading to the Esquisse d ' un programme ( see below, and also a more detailed entry ), and in particular studying the Teichmüller theory.

The proposed mechanism of chronic nicotine causing desensitisation of nicotinic receptors, thereby leading to an antidepressant effect, is consistent with the theory first proposed over 30 years ago and subsequent research that confirmed excessive acetylcholine activity in the brain leads to depressive symptoms.

# via value theory as leading to specific ends-categories are formed by choosing ends

In popular usage, this term is often used to refer to unfounded or weakly based speculation, leading to the idea that " It's not a conspiracy theory if it's actually true ".

These measurements were able to rule out cosmic strings as the leading theory of cosmic structure formation, and suggested cosmic inflation was the right theory.

His theory of peripatric speciation ( a more precise form of allopatric speciation which he advanced ), based on his work on birds, is still considered a leading mode of speciation, and was the theoretical underpinning for the theory of punctuated equilibrium, proposed by Niles Eldredge and Stephen Jay Gould.

Fermi is widely regarded as one of the leading scientists of the 20th century, highly accomplished in both theory and experiment.

In particular, Hippolyte Bernheim became known as the leading proponent of the " suggestion theory " of hypnosis, at one point going so far as to declare that there is no hypnotic state, only heightened suggestibility.

Adams became a leading opponent of slave power and articulated a theory whereby the president could abolish slavery by using his war powers, a correct prediction of Abraham Lincoln's use of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863.

According to the innovation theory, these waves arise from the bunching of basic innovations that launch technological revolutions that in turn create leading industrial or commercial sectors.

He set up a new education at the department of architecture of the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago replacing the traditional Ecole des Beaux-Art curriculum by a three-step-education beginning with crafts of drawing and construction leading to planning skills and finishing with theory of architecture ( compare Vitruvius: firmitas, utilitas, venustas ).

Emil Kauder expanded Schumpeter's argument by arguing the hypothesis that Calvinism hurt the development of capitalism by leading to the development of the labour theory of value.

One of the leading authorities continuing the search for a coherent TOE is Edward Witten, a theoretical physicist who formulated the groundbreaking M-theory, which is an attempt at describing the supersymmetrical based string theory.

Gauge theory was formulated and quantized, leading to the unification of forces embodied in the standard model of particle physics.

Supporting this theory is the observation that all fundamental forces except gravity have one or more known messenger particles, leading researchers to believe that at least one most likely does exist ; they have dubbed these hypothetical particles gravitons.

I think all the grand leading facts of geographical distribution are explicable on the theory of migration ( generally of the more dominant forms of life ), together with subsequent modification and the multiplication of new forms.

He was a leading member of the Frankfurt School of critical theory, whose work has come to be associated with thinkers such as Ernst Bloch, Walter Benjamin, Max Horkheimer and Herbert Marcuse, for whom the work of Freud, Marx and Hegel were essential to a critique of modern society.

One common theory posits that Charlemagne " used force and terror to Christianise all pagans ", leading to " baptism, converting or death by iron and blood ", and as a result " Vikings and other pagans wanted to avenge ".

Another theory, advanced by the original crash investigator in 2005, hypothesizes that a cabin air vent was accidentally left open by the crew or the previous pilot, leading to oxygen deprivation and leaving the crew incapable of controlling the aircraft.

Further developments included generalization of the Fourier integral, " beginning with Plancherel's pathbreaking L < sup > 2 </ sup >- theory ( 1910 ), continuing with Wiener's and Bochner's works ( around 1930 ) and culminating with the amalgamation into L. Schwartz's theory of distributions ( 1945 )...", and leading to the formal development of the Dirac delta function.

Supporting evidence includes: the identical direction of the Earth's spin and the Moon's orbit, Moon samples that indicate the surface of the Moon was once molten, the Moon's relatively small iron core, lower density compared to the Earth, evidence of similar collisions in other star systems ( that result in debris disks ), and that giant collisions are consistent with the leading theories of the formation of the solar system.

Many of the arguments being used are outlined in Paul Moon's 2003 book Te Ara Ki Te Tiriti: The Path to the Treaty of Waitangi, which argued that not only did the Maori signatories have no intention of transferring sovereignty, but that at the time the British government and James Busby did not wish to acquire it and that the developments and justifications leading to the present state were later developments.

Many of the arguments being used are outlined in Paul Moon's 2002 book Te Ara Ki Te Tiriti: The Path to the Treaty of Waitangi, which argued that not only did the Māori signatories have no intention of transferring sovereignty, but that at the time the British government and James Busby did not wish to acquire it and that the developments and justifications leading to the present state were later developments.

Allen retired as the professional football's all-time leading passer with 72, 381 passing yards after he surpassed Warren Moon's total of 70, 553 yards ( in both the CFL and NFL combined ) on September 4, 2006 in the annual Labour Day Classic.

Although still a leading candidate, in two-way competitions Park had lower approval ratings against Ahn's and against Moon's according to a September 22 national survey.

This religious explanation is supported by modern Pueblo beliefs about a North Road leading to their place of origin and along which the spirits of the dead travel.

These advances made it possible to speculate about the origin of the universe, and allowed scientists to establish the Big Bang Theory as the leading cosmological model.

To be more specific, the leading strand receives one RNA primer per active origin of replication while the lagging strand receives several ; these several fragments of RNA primers found on the lagging strand of DNA are called Okazaki fragments, named after their discoverer.

The leading countries of origin of immigrants to the United States were Mexico, India, the Philippines, and China.

The city has its origin in the shrine of Saint James the Great, now the city's cathedral, as destination of the Way of St. James, a leading Catholic pilgrimage route originated in the 9th century.

In 1185 Peter and Asen, leading nobles of supposed and contested Bulgarian, Cuman, Vlach or mixed origin, led a revolt against Byzantine rule and Peter declared himself Tsar Peter II.

The origin of the amendment can be traced back to 2000, when leading intelligent design ( ID ) proponents through the Discovery Institute,

These include some that do not superconduct at high temperatures, such as the strontium ruthenate oxide compounds, but that, like the high-temperature superconductors, are unconventional in other ways ( for example, the origin of the attractive force leading to the formation of Cooper pairs may be different from the one postulated in BCS theory ).

The title comes from French duc, itself from the Latin dux, ' leader ', a term used in republican Rome to refer to a military commander without an official rank ( particularly one of Germanic or Celtic origin ), and later coming to mean the leading military commander of a province.

As ulcerative colitis is believed to have a systemic ( i. e., autoimmune ) origin, patients may present with comorbidities leading to symptoms and complications outside the colon.

From its origin / spring runs from the southern Iberian plain in a direction east to west, to near the town of Badajoz, where it begins to track south leading to the Gulf of Cádiz.

Clarabelle has never been anything more than a supporting character in the USA, her country of origin ; only in Italy has she been treated as one of Disney's leading lights.

The Buddha stated, " Within this fathom long body is the world, the origin of the world, the cessation of the world and the path leading to the cessation of the world ".

The origin of the county's name is debated: according to the State Library, it was named for John Floyd, a leading Jefferson County, Kentucky pioneer and uncle of Davis Floyd.

Irrespective of the origin, the concept of a goddess " as a job " interested Fujishima, leading to the first appearance of the Oh My Goddess!

The correct pronunciation of the town's name is " cuh-SHEK-ton ," leading many to mistakenly believe the name is of French origin ; the name is, however, more likely derived from the Lenni Lenape word ksch-itchuan, meaning " foaming water ".

Nonetheless, the most persuasive theory for the origin of the floor plan is that it is based on descriptions of the Temple of Solomon by the Judeo-Roman historian, Flavius Josephus: a portico followed by a courtyard open to the sky, followed by a second portico and a second courtyard, all flanked by arcades and enclosed passageways, leading to the " holy of holies ".

Initially, species names were based on the host of origin, leading to over 40 species.

Although the origin of this mutation is unknown, it is presumed that the constant pairing of related birds and selective breeding led to recessive gene combinations leading to genetic conditions including albinism.

The actual origin of Capp's word " shmoo " has been the subject of debate by linguists for decades, leading to the misconception that the term was derived from " schmo " or " schmooze.

And I always wondered, about these, whether they had always a conscious and definite origin in some leading mind, or whether they grew by gradual accretion, in an almost unconscious way.

The Julii were without doubt of Alban origin, and it is mentioned as one of the leading Alban houses, which Tullus Hostilius removed to Rome upon the destruction of Alba Longa.

# The discovery of GRB 050709, which was the first short / hard GRB to be found with an optical counterpart, leading to a firm establishment of the cosmological origin of this subclass of GRBs.

The leading clan of the Barlas traced its origin to Qarchar Barlas, head of one of Chaghadai's regiments.