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Saturday, May 2, 2020

Roger Bacon - The ‘first scientist’s’ 800-year-old tonic for what ails us: The truth

A 19th-century engraving of Roger Bacon
observing the stars at University of Oxford
Image: Wikipedia
Title: 
The ‘first scientist’s’ 800-year-old tonic for what ails us: The truth

Author:
Richard Gunderman

Published:
The Conversation, 1 May 2020

From the article:
This year marks what is believed by many to be the 800th birthday of an especially courageous truth seeker, the English polymath Roger Bacon. Though other scientists came before him, his breadth of study has led many to call him “the first scientist.”

To read this article:
https://theconversation.com/the-first-scientists-800-year-old-tonic-for-what-ails-us-the-truth-131366