* The Laws of Physics are equations that summarize the results of a large number of experimental observations into a single line of symbols.
* The Laws of Physics are conceptual models constructed by man from observations to faithfully mirror phenonmon in the Real World as close as possible.
| The inaccuracy and ambiguity of our language is essential for poets who work largely with its subconscious layers of association. Science, on the other hand, aims for clear definitions and unambiguous connections, and therefore it abstracts language further by limiting the meaning of the words and standardizing its structures (operational definition), in accordance with the rule of logic. The ultimate abstraction takes place in mathematics where words are replaced by symbols and where operations connecting the symbols is rigorously defined. In this way, scientists can condense information into one equation, i.e. into a single line of symbols, for which they would need several pages of ordinary writing. Fritjof Capra -"TAO OF PHYSICS" |
Law or Principle in Physics:
A Model that is experimentally verified over a very wide rage of conditions.
Theory in Physics:
A Model that has been experimentally verified over a more limited rage of conditions.
Hypothesis in Physics:
A Model that has not yet been verified or is verified only over a very narrow range of conditions.