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Page 109
... Bacon had no practice as an experimental scientist , unlike Galileo or Gilbert , this criticism is well founded : but to deny him credit because he did not give sufficient weight to the mathematical innova- tions is less than fair ; for ...
... Bacon had no practice as an experimental scientist , unlike Galileo or Gilbert , this criticism is well founded : but to deny him credit because he did not give sufficient weight to the mathematical innova- tions is less than fair ; for ...
Page 112
... Bacon's personal tastes again singularly anticipated the meretricious affluence of our own day . Now , Bacon did not rely upon the individual's passion for scientific inquiry alone . He saw that curiosity , to be effective , must enlist ...
... Bacon's personal tastes again singularly anticipated the meretricious affluence of our own day . Now , Bacon did not rely upon the individual's passion for scientific inquiry alone . He saw that curiosity , to be effective , must enlist ...
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... Bacon's world was not merely that of the mechanical arts , but one embracing a larger technology , a true polytechnics , that of agriculture , medicine , cookery , brewing , chemistry . His very incapacity for abstract mathematical ...
... Bacon's world was not merely that of the mechanical arts , but one embracing a larger technology , a true polytechnics , that of agriculture , medicine , cookery , brewing , chemistry . His very incapacity for abstract mathematical ...
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NEW EXPLORATIONS NEW WORLDS | 3 |
RETURN OF THE SUN GOD | 28 |
THE MECHANIZED WORLD PICTURE | 51 |
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