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Never Mind Ancient Authorities, Do the Experiment!

Science, such as it was in the 16th century, relied on the teachings of ancient authorities like Aristotle, Plato, Galen, Hippocrates, Dioscorides, Pliny and Euclid. Education was based on reading, commenting on and arguing about their written works. And then along came a remarkable man, Francis Bacon.

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