books.google.com - This ambitious and important book provides the first truly general account of Francis Bacon as a philosopher. It explores in detail how and why Bacon attempted to transform the largely esoteric discipline of natural philosophy into a public practice through a program in which practical science provided...http://books.google.com/books/about/Francis_Bacon_and_the_transformation_of.html?id=1Ex-Oxj0-bUC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareFrancis Bacon and the transformation of early-modern philosophy
