### theory:

Number theory
* deals with properties of ordinary whole numbers.
* has many modern applications, particularly in cryptography.
* includes odd and even numbers, primes, factors and multiples.
* is connected with commerce and the military, through cryptography.
* is the foundation of pure mathematics
  - study of the
* makes an important contribution to the sound of music.
* plays a role in many kinds of secret codes.

Nursing theory
* Nursing theories provide a framework for thought in which to examine situations.
* develops through a study of the historical evolution of the profession.
* is correlated with clinical practice in a variety of health care settings
  - community settings
* is the basis for designing a plan of care
  - vehicle used to operationalize a disciplinary perspective

Organization theory
* broad field with roots in sociology.
* has important applications in business.
* helps the public administrator solve everyday problems.
* is the cornerstone of public administration theory and practice.

Organizational theory
* Organizational theories can help information analysts understand organizational contexts.
* is used to understand the implementation of policy within the organization.

Patchwork
* allows people to eat pork with a good conscience.
* is an important American folk art today
  - quilts
  - the process of sewing pieces of cloth into rows of designs, joined to make garments

Percolation theory
* deals with spatial patterns in randomly assembled systems.
* is based on the density and spatial arrangement of elements on a map
  - the simplest, most generic model of a disordered material

Personality theory
* Personality theories are general behaviour theories that develop a model of human nature
  - typically functional in their orientation
  - attempt to account for individual behavior
* provides the context for human behavior and personal responsibility.

Perturbation theory
* Perturbation Theory makes it possible to calculate the PDF in the small variance limit.
* is introduced in the context of understanding many body problems.

Phonological theory
* Phonological theories differ in the types of boundary they recognise.
* aims to account for the shapes of the sound systems of the world's languages.

Physical theory
* Some physical theories have properties.
* changes with time.

Popular theory
* is that meteorites ,impacting Earth, sent debris up into space.
* suggests that milk synthesis is controlled through prolactin.

Psychoanalytic theory
* Psychoanalytic theories are languages in which to discuss psychoanalytic treatment
  - make some intuitive sense since many alcoholics have immature social skills
* appears to be dualistic.

Radical theory
* Radical theories gain acceptance.
* is an aspect of a way of living which smashes all ivory towers.

Recent theory
* More recent theories demonstrate that battered women resist abuse in a variety of ways.
* Recent theories are that salamanders developed well before the tailless frogs and toads.

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Relativity
* Some relativity explains light
  - predicts energy
* attributes physical properties and causality to the dimension of time.
* claims that nothing with a finite rest mass can travel as fast as light.
* indicates that as velocity increases, mass, time and distance change.
* is at least as true in Psychology as in Physics
  - descriptive of sub-atomic particles, social groups, as well as planetary systems
  - essential for describing objects which move rapidly - approaching the speed of light
  - quality
  - romance vs. reality, what happens after a couple decides, well, they're a couple
  - scientific theories
* mediates the recursion via light-speed interactions.
* predicts that, as the velocity of an entity increases the length of that entity contacts.
* produces oceans of mathematics.
* shows that time and space are interrelated.