The First Scientist: A Life of Roger Bacon by Brian Clegg

The First Scientist: A Life of Roger Bacon

Brian Clegg

256 pages first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction biography history science challenging informative medium-paced
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Legend may have transformed the thirteenth-century English friar Roger Bacon into the Faust-like sorcerer Doctor Mirabilis, but he stands today in high regard as Europe's first great pioneer in the field of science. Bypassing the vicissitudes of B...

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