Sir Francis Bacon

That the founder of this scientific method, Sir Francis Bacon, was as devout a Christian as Copernicus, Kepler, Descartes, Boyle, Faraday, Mendel and Kelvin must irritate them endlessly.

At Their Outer Edges, All Belief Systems Require Faith 2010

“Knowledge is power,” said Sir Francis Bacon as early as 1597; and for three centuries improving knowledge and ideas were fundamentally the business of books and writers.

Can writers change the world? Richard Holmes and Jerry Pinkney respond 2010

Since Sir Francis Bacon launched the scientific revolution at the turn of the seventeenth century, the reach and impact of science has grown, first in the natural sciences and now increasingly in the social sciences.

Terry Newell: Who Cares What the Experts Say? - The Democratization of Science 2010

Some books are meant to be tasted, Sir Francis Bacon told us, and "The Donut Chef" appears to be one of them.

The Donut Chef 2008

Keepers_, Sir Francis Bacon; John Williams, Bishop of Lincoln (see p. 18, l. 5): _two Admiralls_, Charles Howard of Effingham, Earl of

Characters from 17th Century Histories and Chronicles Various

QUOTATION: The great secretary of Nature, —Sir Francis Bacon.

Quotations 1919

General Sir Francis Bacon, performed 'The Masque of Flowers' before the lords and ladies of the court, in the Banqueting-house, Whitehall; and six years later Thomas Middleton's Inner Temple Masque, or Masque of

A Book About Lawyers John Cordy Jeaffreson 1866

As also the more particular behaviours of the worthy members during all the last notable sessions; comprehending the motions, speeches, and arguments of the renowned and learned secretary Cecill, Sir Francis Bacon, Sir Walter Rawleigh, Sir Edw.

Inventory of Robert Carter's Estate, November [1733] 1733

The age of Carps is by Sir Francis Bacon, in his History of Life and Death, observed to be but ten years; yet others think they live longer.

The Compleat Angler : or, The Contemplative Man`s Recreation 1653

2341The great secretary of Nature, —Sir Francis Bacon.

Quotations 1919