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Novum Organum

American  
[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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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

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

This great work, the "Novum Organum," as often happens, was received by the majority of readers of his time with laughter and ridicule.

From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)

That great man claimed it for himself in calling his treatise on the Interpretation of Nature the Novum Organum.

From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William

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