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Overview
Sir Francis Bacon, hailed as the father of experimental science, conceived his Novum Organum or New Organon as a machine for aiding the reason in establishing truth. This is a new translation from Bacon's Latin into readable modern English, equipped with helpful explanatory notes.This entirely new classroom edition of Francis Bacon's great work of 1620, a founding document of empiricism and the scientific method, contains a new introduction and notes by translators/editors Urbach and Gibson. Index.
Synopsis
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
Booknews
The editors supply a substantial introduction and explanatory notes to this translation of Bacon's work in which he attempts to steer science into taking account of observation (rather than reliance on tradition and authority) and offers some methods for establishing truth. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)