Roger Bacon - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Roger Bacon write by Brian Clegg. This book was released on 2013-08-29. Roger Bacon available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Back in thirteenth-century Europe, in the early years of the great universities, learning was spiced with the danger of mob violence and a terrifyingly repressive religious censorship. Roger Bacon, a humble and devout English friar, seems an unlikely figure to challenge the orthodoxy of his day - yet he risked his life to establish the basis for true knowledge. Born c.1220, Bacon was passionately interested in the natural world and how things worked. Such dangerous topics were vetoed by his Order, and it was only when a new Pope proved sympathetic that he began compiling his encyclopaedia on everything from optics to alchemy - the synopsis took a year and ran to 800,000 words and he was never to complete the work itself. Sadly, the enlightened Pope died, and Bacon was tried as a magician and incarcerated for ten years. Legend transformed Bacon into a sorcerer, 'Doctor Mirabilis', yet he taught that all magic was based on fraud, and his books were the first flowering of the scientific thinking that would transform our world. He advanced the understanding of optics, made geographical breakthroughs later used by Columbus, predicted everything from horseless carriages to the telescope, and stressed the importance of mathematics to science, a significance ignored for 400 years. His biggest contribution was to insist that a study of the natural world by observation and exact measurement was the surest foundation for truth. Clegg uncovers the realities of life in a medieval university and friary, setting out the shadowy facts of Bacon's life alongside his writings. The result is both a fascinating biography and a picture of the age.
The First Scientists
The First Scientists - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The First Scientists write by Corey Tutt. This book was released on 2021-10-13. The First Scientists available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The First Scientists is the highly anticipated, illustrated science book from Corey Tutt of DeadlyScience. With kids aged 7 to 12 years in mind, this book will nourish readers’ love of science and develop their respect for Indigenous knowledge at the same time. Have you ever wondered what the stars can tell us? Did you know the seasons can be predicted just by looking at subtle changes in nature? Maybe you have wondered about the origins of glue or if forensic science is possible without a crime scene investigation. Australia's First peoples have the longest continuing culture on Earth and their innovation will amaze you as you leaf through the pages of this book, learning fascinating facts and discovering the answers to life's questions. In consultation with communities, Corey tells us of many deadly feats – from bush medicine to bush trackers – that are today considered 'science', and introduces us to many amazing scientists, both past and present. The breadth of ‘sciences’ is incredible with six main chapters covering astronomy, engineering, forensic science, chemistry, land management and ecology. The first scientists passed on the lessons of the land, sea and sky to the future scientists of today through stories, song and dance, and many of these lessons are now shared in this book. Vibrant illustrations by Blak Douglas bring the subjects to life, so you’ll never think about science as just people in lab coats ever again!
The First Scientist
The First Scientist - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The First Scientist write by Carlo Rovelli. This book was released on 2011. The First Scientist available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Translated into English for the first time, an award-winning theoretical physicist discusses the theories of Anaximander, the sixth-century BC Greek philosopher, and examines the influence he had on scientific thinking in a historical and philosophical context.
Leonardo
Leonardo - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Leonardo write by Michael White. This book was released on 2001-10-12. Leonardo available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Argues that the great "renaissance man" was in fact the first great modern man of science.
Ibn Al-Haytham
Ibn Al-Haytham - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ibn Al-Haytham write by Bradley Steffens. This book was released on 2007. Ibn Al-Haytham available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Ibn al-Haytham, a devout Muslim, was a pioneer in several scientific and mathematical fields, including physics, optics, optics, astronomy, and analytical geometry. He discovered the first law of motion centuries before Galileo, and he was committed to a scientific method based on observation, hypothesis, and testing.
