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This genre serves as a powerful tool to help students understand social theory and become theorists themselves.
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The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 10 Sep. 2025
The handful of control theory papers that emerged during COVID-19 were often too abstract for epidemiologists, while epidemiological models did not always resonate with control theorists.
—John Drake, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
In the 1920s, the Bolshevik economic theorist and Communist Party darling Nikolai Bukharin was one of Stalin’s closest allies.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 8 Sep. 2025
Alcubierre invoked what physicists call negative energy; later theorists thought that lots and lots of regular energy could be used instead.
—Matthew Hutson, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
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The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 10 Sep. 2025
The handful of control theory papers that emerged during COVID-19 were often too abstract for epidemiologists, while epidemiological models did not always resonate with control theorists.
—John Drake, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
In the 1920s, the Bolshevik economic theorist and Communist Party darling Nikolai Bukharin was one of Stalin’s closest allies.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 8 Sep. 2025
Alcubierre invoked what physicists call negative energy; later theorists thought that lots and lots of regular energy could be used instead.
—Matthew Hutson, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
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“Theorist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/theorist. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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theorist
noun
the·o·rist
ˈthē-ə-rəst 
ˈthi(-ə)r-əst
: a person who theorizes
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