(May 29, 2015 at 1:17 pm)Stimbo Wrote: Laws are science's Lego blocks. The model you build out of them and the diagram describing how it's built and how it works is the theory.
There are many laws in science. Here's an alphabetical list of them.
By laws I meant a theory which has reached the stage of such implicit circumstantial empirical support as to be considered devoid any violating set.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_law
"Description:
Several general properties of physical laws have been identified (see Davies (1992) and Feynman (1965) as noted, although each of the characterizations are not necessarily original to them). Physical laws are:
True, at least within their regime of validity. By definition, there have never been repeatable contradicting observations.
Universal. They appear to apply everywhere in the universe. (Davies, 1992:82)
Simple. They are typically expressed in terms of a single mathematical equation. (Davies)
Absolute. Nothing in the universe appears to affect them. (Davies, 1992:82)
Stable. Unchanged since first discovered (although they may have been shown to be approximations of more accurate laws—see "Laws as approximations" below),
Omnipotent. Everything in the universe apparently must comply with them (according to observations). (Davies, 1992:83)
Generally conservative of quantity. (Feynman, 1965:59)
Often expressions of existing homogeneities (symmetries) of space and time. (Feynman)
Typically theoretically reversible in time (if non-quantum), although time itself is irreversible. (Feynman)"
