81.1 Physics as Natural Philosophy 1. Developing Theories The goal of the theory is to integrate as many observations of nature as possible under one conceptual umbrella-to discover how little must be known to explain as much as possible. For instance: Newton’ s theory→ Einstein,s relativity (P2 colum 2 paragraph 2) KIS principle: Keep It simple 1.1 Physics as Natural Philosophy Characteristics of a good physical theory 1 Include all known relevant observations and measurements 2.A 3. Lead to new observations and and different measurements experiments with with minimal results that are complexity consistent with the predictions of the leery2 §1.1 Physics as Natural Philosophy 1. Developing Theories The goal of the theory is to integrate as many observations of nature as possible under one conceptual umbrella—to discover how little must be known to explain as much as possible. (P2 colum 2 paragraph 2) KIS principle: Keep It Simple. For instance: Newton’s theory → Einstein’s relativity §1.1 Physics as Natural Philosophy Characteristics of a good physical theory 1. Include all known relevant observations and measurements 2.Account for observations and measurements with minimal complexity 3. Lead to new and different experiments with results that are consistent with the predictions of the theory