# What is the difference between a theory and a model?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 27, 2010, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-difference-between-a-theory-and-a-model/534046 "2010-03-27T20:00:20Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 29, 2010, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-difference-between-a-theory-and-a-model/534046/21 "2010-03-29T20:39:38Z")

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> [@Chronos](#):
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> Copernicus and Kepler were both dead by the time Newton (and Liebnitz) invented calculus and developed the law of universal gravitation.

Huh… I have a newfound respect for Copernicus and Kepler, then. Thanks for the correction.

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