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Knowledge is Power

Paperback • 2017 • 1. edition

Knowledge is Power

By John Henry

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About the book

Francis Bacon - a leading figure in the history of science - never made a major discovery, provided a lasting explanation of any physical phenomena or revealed any hidden laws of nature. How then can he rank as he does alongside Newton? Bacon was the first major thinker to describe how science should be done, and to explain why. Scientific knowledge should not be gathered for its own sake but for practical benefit to mankind. And Bacon promoted experimentation, coming to outline and define the r...Show more

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9781785782367

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Icon Books Ltd

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2017

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1

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Knowledge is Power

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