Francis Bacon

In the following pages, there is an introduction to the thinker, researcher, and philosopher, Francis Bacon, who is credited with building modern science on the basis of experiment and investigation. The discussion is divided into two parts: the "About Bacon" section, which includes consideration of his era, upbringing, morals, intellectual message, and literary stature. The "From Bacon" section includes selections from his books, which are immortalized among the men of pen, and whose intel...