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Novum Organum

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[noh-vuhm awr-guh-nuhm, awr-gah-nuhm, -gan-uhm, noh-woom ohr-gah-noom] / ˈnoʊ vəm ˈɔr gə nəm, ɔrˈgɑ nəm, -ˈgæn əm, ˈnoʊ wʊm ˈoʊr gɑˌnum /

noun

  1. a philosophical work in Latin (1620) by Francis Bacon, presenting an inductive method for scientific and philosophical inquiry.


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Few people, he believes, would read Bacon's Novum Organum, for example, unless they had the latest Agatha Christie concealed inside.

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The 340 years that have passed since Novum Organum have seen far more scientific change than all the previous 5,000 years.

From Time Magazine Archive

If Mr. Ford knew more history he might know that Bacon's Novum Organum was also picked to outlive the Bible.

From Time Magazine Archive

This supposition receives some support from the manner in which the fifth part is spoken of in the Novum Organum, i.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" by Various

The fame and glory acquired at this juncture by his rival in consequence of the publication of the Novum Organum gave venom to his hate.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. by Various

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