Francis Bacon from Verulam, the reformer of sciences

Francis Bacon and the style of science

There is a very large literature on Bacon and his proposals for scientific enquiry, but so far no one has studied carefully his style of writing, his method of communicating upon which he laid so much emphasis. Professor Stephens here presents and analyses in four chapters the style that Bacon found appropriate for scholarly and scientific writing. First he deals with the problems facing Bacon,...

Francis Bacon and socialized science

Psychopathology in Art—Meditation on Francis Bacon

the Friends of Bristol Art Gallery to Sutton Place, that magnificent Tudor Mansion, formerly the home of the American millionaire oil magnate and art collector, J. Paul Getty. It is now leased by another American art collector, Mr Stanley J. Seeger and houses his collection of pictures by contemporary artists. Occupying pride of place in the Great Hall is a Triptych by Francis Bacon. From a dis...

Francis Bacon. Discovery and the art of discourse

This anthology is most welcome and can be enthusiastically recommended to those who wish to know more ofJapanese science in order to achieve a more complete, international coverage of the history of science. Moreover and more importantly, the opportunity of observing a different approach to science, whereby problems that also exercise the West are tackled from a different angle, is of great sig...

The “Visual Shock” of Francis Bacon: an essay in neuroesthetics

In this paper we discuss the work of Francis Bacon in the context of his declared aim of giving a "visual shock."We explore what this means in terms of brain activity and what insights into the brain's visual perceptive system his work gives. We do so especially with reference to the representation of faces and bodies in the human visual brain. We discuss the evidence that shows that both these...