Saturday, December 09, 2006

Laws of Science - Darwins Law of Evolution?

"Darwins Law of Evolution" (source: Christopher Govan Street)

In science, there are a specific number of established scientific laws, or physical laws as they are sometimes called, that are considered absolute and inarguable facts of the physical world. Laws of science may, however, be disproved if new facts or evidence arise to contradict them. A "law" differs from those as hypotheses, theories, postulates, and principles, etc., in that a law is a general statement about nature that is considered proven beyond doubt. Conservative estimates indicate that there are 18 basic physical laws in the universe: [1]

Fluid mechanics

Force, mass, and inertia

Heat, energy, and temperature

Quantum mechanics

Others, such as Roger Penrose with his 2004 book The Road to Reality – a complete guide to the laws of the universe, argues that there are a large number of established laws of science.

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