Roger bacon

Like the time Princess Diana said the wrong name at the altar. 😬

Roger Bacon, English Franciscan philosopher and educational reformer who was a major medieval proponent of experimental science. Bacon studied mathematics, astronomy, optics, alchemy, and languages. He was the first European to describe in detail the process of making gunpowder.

Bacon was a philosopher and friar that wrote the first known scientific explanation of the mechanics of flight around 1250-70 CE. In his book Secrets of Art and Nature he describes many physics phenomenons including flight. This book also showcases the description of an ornithopter, a machine designed to fly like a bird (flapping wings). His works are impactful to the history of aviation because of the effect it had later on, in developing a technical understanding of flight mechanics.

Atheists often highlight scientific errors of medieval Christians & truths held by contemporary non-Christians (double standard presentation). I’m in favor of examining the whole truth.

Philosopher and Franciscan friar. Born Somerset. An early proponent of the modern scientific method. He studied at Oxford where there is a statue.

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Franciscan neo-Platonism was based on Augustinian thought with a mathematical, Pythagorean, approach to nature.

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Roger Bacon. In the Oxford University Museum of Natural History.

Without experience nothing can be known sufficiently. -Roger Bacon

English natural philosopher. Translated many Arabic and Greek works on astronomy, astrology, philosophy, alchemy, and maths into Latin. Early introducer of Arabic numerals to Europe. An Anglo-Saxon, making him subordinate in the newly Norman England. Claims to have travelled extensively thoughout Europe and the Near East, but this is disputed (which would be to his credit in some ways, making him a more original thinker than he himself admitted). Influenced Robert Grosseteste and Roger…

In classical education, students read the classics. They focus their attention on what Matthew Arnold called "the best which has been thought and said."

Henry the Third's Court is described in James Blish's historical novel concerning Roger Bacon, Doctor Mirabilis. Critical events of Henry's reign are well described, including the dismissal of Peter des Roches (after a politically loaded riddle by Roger Bacon is answered by Henry), the ejection of Poitevins from England, the conflict with Hubert de Burgh, the marriage of Eleanor with Simon de Montfort, and finally the accession of Henry's son, Edward I after the battle of Evesham.

Roger Bacon (c.1214-1294), also known as Doctor Mirabilis ("astounding teacher") b. at Ilchester, Somersetshire, about 1214; d. at Oxford, perhaps 11 June, 1294. He was one of the most famous Franciscan friars of his—or, indeed, any—time. An English philosopher who placed considerable emphasis on empiricism, he was one of the earliest advocates of the modern scientific method in the West. He was intimately acquainted with the philosophical and scientific collections of the Arab world.