It should have taken no great literacy in the theories and the history of "state-building" to foresee the favorable endowments of Iraq and the built-in disadvantages of Afghanistan.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Obama's Afghan struggle

He is a scholar steeped in the history and theories of 20th-century painting.

ECONOMIST: 20th-century art

The discovery of the boson, then, is rightly hailed as the crowning achievement of one of history's most successful scientific theories.

ECONOMIST: The hunt for physics��s most elusive quarry is over

These and other thought-provoking theories make this slim volume by a history professor at the University of Genoa more than just another collection of past culinary oddities.

ECONOMIST: Books-in-brief

Furthermore, the syllabus covers the history and development of adult literacy and the teaching and learning theories.

UNESCO: Country Profile: Mauritius

But recent history suggests that these theories may be wrong and the whole notion of Premier League experience is somewhat overvalued.

WSJ: English Premier League

He throws in all the reputable polls (determined by their history), plus many of the other non-poll based theories on who wins elections (such as economic and survey data), whips it well to remove bias and various other nasty bits, and figures out a good set of odds for each state.

FORBES: Nate Silver And The Power Of Small Data

History shows that the power was much abused and resulted in the constitutionalization of economic theories preferred by individual jurists.

FORBES: Supreme Court Protects Generic Drugs, Drug Marketers