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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.

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

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

Amongst these are the Authorised Version of the Bible, 1611, the "Novum Organum," 1620, and the 1623 edition of Shakespeare's works.

From The Mystery of Francis Bacon by Smedley, William T.

Boyle’s great merit as a scientific investigator is that he carried out the principles which Bacon preached in the Novum Organum.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" by Various

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