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111Scientific revolution — This article is about a period in the history of science. For the process of scientific progress via revolution, proposed by Thomas Kuhn, see Paradigm shift …
112Bacon (Francis) and man’s two-faced kingdom — Francis Bacon and man’s two faced kingdom Antonio Pérez Ramos Two closely related but distinct tenets about Bacon’s philosophy have been all but rejected by contemporary historiography. The first is Bacon’s attachment to the so called British… …
113Descartes: methodology — Stephen Gaukroger INTRODUCTION The seventeenth century is often referred to as the century of the Scientific Revolution, a time of fundamental scientific change in which traditional theories were either replaced by new ones or radically… …
114Autism — This article is about the classic autistic disorder; some writers use the word autism when referring to the range of disorders on the autism spectrum or to the various pervasive developmental disorders.[1] Autism …
115Dimensional analysis — In physics and all science, dimensional analysis is a tool to find or check relations among physical quantities by using their dimensions. The dimension of a physical quantity is the combination of the basic physical dimensions (usually mass,… …
116Joseph Priestley — (13 March 1733 (Old Style) – 6 February 1804) was an 18th century British theologian, Dissenting clergyman, natural philosopher, educator, and political theorist who published over 150 works. He is usually credited with the discovery of oxygen,… …
117Modernity — See also: Modernism and Modern Age Sociology …
118Melissus of Samos — An illustration of Melissus of Samos from the Nuremberg Chronicle Full name Melissus of Samos Born Samos Island Era …
119Howard T. Odum — Infobox Systems scientist region = Systems Ecology era = 20th century color = #B0C4DE image caption = name = Howard Thomas Odum birth = 1 September 1924 Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA death = 11 September 2002 Gainesville, Florida, USA school… …
120Inventio — is the system or method used for the discovery of arguments in Western rhetoric and comes from the Latin word, meaning invention or discovery . Inventio is the central, indispensable canon of rhetoric, and traditionally means a systematic search… …
