In 1942, a Team of Scientists Embarked on a Mission

In 1942, a team of scientists embarked on a mission to create the first atomic bomb. Working on complex theories in physics, math, and chemistry they eventually succeeded by testing their theory by setting off the first nuclear explosion on July 16, 1945. Such a process used by these scientists that begins with theory and is later tested through observation is called ________.

A) deductive reasoning
B) manifest functional analysis
C) inductive reasoning
D) latent functional analysis