| 17—20, 249—52, 437—38, and elsewhere | "A myth is a belief given uncritical acceptance by members of a group |
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| " The thesis of this book, as set forth in Chapter One, is that there are general principles applicable to all the sciences | Popper 1963 , 'The Logic of Scientific Discovery' |
On further examination however, the scientific method bears a striking similarity to the larger process of evolution itself.
| "Chapter 1: A Selective Survey of Theories of Scientific Method" | 791-796 "Rules of Reasoning in Philosophy" ; see also |
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| Note: for a discussion of multiple hypotheses, see• Jim Al-Khalili 4 January 2009 | Elizabeth Asmis 1985 Epicurus' Scientific Method |
Schuster and Powers 2005 , Translational and Experimental Clinical Research, Ch.
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| The Principia itself is on pp | The experiment, in Japan, independently observed from at the same time |
He made significant contributions to anatomy, astronomy, engineering, , medicine, ophthalmology, philosophy, physics, psychology, and visual perception and is primarily attributed as the inventor of the scientific method, for which author Bradley Steffens 2006 describes him as the "first scientist".
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