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"A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds." -- Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount Saint Alban, KC (22 January 1561 — 9 April 1626) was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, lawyer, jurist and author. He famously died of pneumonia contracted while studying the effects of freezing on the preservation of meat. He served both as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England. Although his political career ended in disgrace, he remained extremely influential through his works, especially as philosophical advocate and practitioner of the scientific method and pioneer in the scientific revolution.

Bacon has been called the father of empiricism. His works established and popularized inductive methodologies for scientific inquiry, often called the Baconian method or simply, the scientific method. His demand for a planned procedure of investigating all things natural marked a new turn in the rhetorical and theoretical framework for science, much of which still surrounds conceptions of proper methodology today. His dedication probably led to his death so bringing him into a rare historical group of scientists who were killed by their own experiments.

Bacon was knighted in 1603, created Baron Verulam in 1618, and Viscount St Alban in 1621; as he died without heirs both peerages became extinct upon his death.

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Total Books: 973
24 Essays by Francis Bacon
24 Essays By Francis Bacon (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781434466372
ISBN-10: 143446637X
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An Account Of The Life And Times Of Francis Bacon Extracted From The Edition Of His Occasional Writings V1
An Account Of The Life And Times Of Francis Bacon Extracted From The Edition Of His Occasional Writings V2
Achelous Or Battle  Pamphlet
Achelous or Battle Pamphlet (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781428668959
ISBN-10: 1428668950
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Actaeon And Pentheus Or A Curious Man
Actaeon and Pentheus or a Curious Man (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781428669215
ISBN-10: 1428669213
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Advancement of Learning
Advancement of Learning (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780217438261
ISBN-10: 0217438261
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The Advancement of Learning
The Advancement of Learning (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780217569132
ISBN-10: 0217569137
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The Advancement of Learning and New Atlantis
The Advancement of Learning and New Atlantis (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781151753229
ISBN-10: 115175322X
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Advancement of Learning and Novum Organum
Advancement of Learning and Novum Organum (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781142095284
ISBN-10: 1142095282
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Advancement of Learning and Novum Organum Volume 18
Advancement of Learning and Novum Organum Volume 18 (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781143062001
ISBN-10: 1143062000
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Advancement of Learning and the New Atlantis
Advancement of Learning and the New Atlantis (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781152225510
ISBN-10: 1152225510
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The Advancement of Learning Annotated Edition
The Advancement of Learning Annotated Edition (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9783849692070
ISBN-10: 3849692078
Genre: Politics & Social Sciences
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The Advancement of Learning  Bacon
The Advancement of Learning Bacon (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781604241204
ISBN-10: 1604241209
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Advancement of Learning Bk 1
Advancement of Learning Bk 1 [Renaissance Library] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780485136050
ISBN-10: 0485136058
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The Advancement of Learning Book 1
The Advancement of Learning Book 1 (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781141406296
ISBN-10: 1141406292
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The Advancement of Learning Book I
The Advancement of Learning Book I [Renaissance Library] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780485126051
ISBN-10: 0485126052
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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The advancement of learning Book I With notes by FG Selby
The Advancement of Learning Book I with Notes By Fg Selby (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781177305204
ISBN-10: 1177305208
Genre: History
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Advancement of Learning Colours of Good and Evil The Essays
Advancement of Learning Colours of Good and Evil the Essays (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781402186059
ISBN-10: 1402186053
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The Advancement of Learning   From Rome to the End
The Advancement of Learning From Rome to the End (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781846379017
ISBN-10: 1846379016
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Advancement of Learning  And Novum Organum
Advancement of Learning and Novum Organum [Volume 18] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781150994067
ISBN-10: 1150994061
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An Advertisement Touching a Holy War
Bacon the History of the Reign of King Henry VII and Selected Works [Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought] (Hardcover)Paperback
Cases of Treason [Collected Works of Sir Francis Bacon] (Other)
Ciudad Del Sol La [Spanish Edition] (Paperback)
Complete Essays [Dover Value Editions] (Paperback)
The Confession of Faith [Collected Works of Sir Francis Bacon] (Other)
Considerations Touching a Warre with Spaine [Collected Works of Sir Francis Bacon] (Other)
De Sapientia Veterum Liber [Collected Works of Sir Francis Bacon] (Hardcover)
The Essayes or Counsels Civill and Moral [Collected Works of Sir Francis Bacon] (Other)
Essays Bacon [Everyman's Library] (Paperback)
The Essays of Bacon [Chinese Edition] (Paperback)
Francis Bacon His Career and His Thought [The Arensberg Lectures, Second Series, 1957] (Hardcover)
Francis Bacon Peintures Recentes Galerie Lelong Paris [Reperes : cahiers d'art contemporain - French Edition] (Paperback)
Francis Bacon Peintures Recentes [Reperes, cahiers d'art contemporain - French Edition] (Paperback)
Francis Bacon the Major Works [Oxford World's Classics] (Paperback)Paperback
Francis Bacon the New Organon [Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy] (Hardcover)Paperback
The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh [Collected Works of Sir Francis Bacon] (Other)
History of Henry VII [Hesperus Non-fiction] (Paperback)
The Instauratio Magna Last Writings [The Oxford Francis Bacon] (Hardcover)
Istoriia Pravleniia Korolia Genrikha VII [Pamiatniki istoricheskoi mysli - Russian Edition] (Other)
La Gran Restauracion [Spanish Edition] (Paperback)
Neues Organon Lateinischdeutsch [Philosophische Bibliothek - German Edition] (Other)
Nueva Atlantida [Spanish Edition] (Paperback)
Nuovo Organo Delle Scienze [1788 - Italian Edition] (Paperback)Hardcover
Of Empire [GREAT IDEAS S.] (Paperback)
Operum Moralium Et Civilium [Collected Works of Sir Francis Bacon] (Other)
Philosophical Studies C1611c1619 [Oxford Francis Bacon, Vol 6] (Hardcover)
Philosophical Works of Francis Bacon [Library of English Renaissance Literature] (Hardcover)
Rcusation Des Doctrines Philosophiques Et Autres Opuscules [Ancien prix éditeur : 26.00 € - Economisez 50 %] (Paperback)
A Sabedoria Dos Antigos [Em Portuguese do Brasil] (Paperback)
Scripta in Naturali Et Universali Philosophia [Collected Works of Sir Francis Bacon] (Other)
Selected Philosophical Works [Bacon - Hackett Publishing Co.] (Paperback)
Storyteller's Scrapbook [1977 Green Hardcover Printing] (Hardcover)
Summi Angliae Cancellarii Instauration Magna [Collected Works of Sir Francis Bacon] (Other)
Sylva Sylvarum or a Naturall Historie in Ten Centuries [Collected Works of Sir Francis Bacon] (Other)
Teoria Del Cielo/ Sky Theory [Coleccion Ciencias juridicas. Derecho internacional - Spanish Edition] (Paperback)
The Translation of Certaine Psalmes Into English Verse [Collected Works of Sir Francis Bacon] (Other)
The Works of Francis Bacon 14 Volume Paperback Set [Cambridge Library Collection - Philosophy - English and Latin Edition] (Paperback)