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Law of nature or laws of nature may refer to: Science. Scientific law, statements based on experimental observations that describe some aspect of the world;
The distinction between natural law in the political-legal sense and law of nature or physical law in the scientific sense is a modern one, both concepts being equally derived from physis, the Greek word (translated into Latin as natura) for nature. [24]
Natural law [1] (Latin: ius naturale, lex naturalis) is a system of law based on a close observation of natural order and human nature, from which values, thought by natural law's proponents to be intrinsic to human nature, can be deduced and applied independently of positive law (the express enacted laws of a state or society). [2]
The four laws are: [20] Everything is connected to everything else. There is one ecosphere for all living organisms and what affects one, affects all. Everything must go somewhere. There is no "waste" in nature and there is no "away" to which things can be thrown. Nature knows best. Humankind has fashioned technology to improve upon nature, but ...
Behind the framework there is a science-based understanding of the dynamic interrelationships within and between socio-ecological sub-systems and is based (a.o.) on study of ecosystems, laws of nature (including thermodynamics, conservation laws, laws of gravity, biogeochemical cycles, photosynthesis, systems thinking, flows of resources and ...
Davies, Paul (1986), The Forces of Nature, Cambridge Univ. Press 2nd ed. Feynman, Richard (1967), The Character of Physical Law, MIT Press, ISBN 978-0-262-56003-0; Schumm, Bruce A. (2004), Deep Down Things, Johns Hopkins University Press While all interactions are discussed, discussion is especially thorough on the weak.
Among the earliest biological rules in modern times are those of Karl Ernst von Baer (from 1828 onwards) on embryonic development (see von Baer's laws), [4] and of Constantin Wilhelm Lambert Gloger on animal pigmentation, in 1833 (see Gloger's rule). [5] There is some scepticism among biogeographers about the usefulness of general rules.
The laws of thermodynamics are a set of scientific laws which define a group of physical quantities, such as temperature, energy, and entropy, ...