The Scientific Method
In Our Time: Science
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In 16 20, the lord chancellor of england published a book that has come to be seen as his masterpiece. Bacon's new and certain path is often seen as the beginning of the modern scientific method. Some scholars have seen the scientific method as an essential part of modern scholarship. Others like the nineteenth cent biologist thomas huxley, regarded as an extension of common sense. With me to discuss the scientific method are simon chaffer, professor of the history of science at the university of cambridge,. john warrell, professor ofThe london school of economics. michaela massimi, senior lecturer of the philosophy of science at university college london.
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