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9781840464733
This account of Bacon's ambitions and achievements explains why Bacon was driven to reform the method of science. It reveals the role of magic and millenarianism in the origins of scientific thinking, and explains why Baconian ideas are influential.Henry, John is the author of 'Knowledge Is Power How Magic, the Government and an Apocalyptic Vision Inspired Francis Bacon to Create Modern Science', published 1999 under ISBN 9781840464733 and ISBN 1840464739.
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