Where did the scientific method come from?

Francis Bacon was the first to formalize the concept of a true scientific method, but he didn't do so in a vacuum. The work of Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) and Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) influenced Bacon tremendously. Copernicus proposed from his observations that the planets of the solar system revolved around the ... read more

In his discourse on scientific method, An Introduction to the Study of Experimental Medicine (1865), he described what makes a scientific theory good and what makes a scientist a true discoverer. Unlike many scientific writers of his time, Bernard wrote about his own experiments and thoughts, and used the first person. read more

The scientific method originated in the works of epistemologists (modern day scientists are applied epistemologists). The best works that we have seems to led to many different time periods. That is, from the Greek era to the Chinese era and from the Christian era to the Islamic era. read more

The Scientific Revolution reached its zenith with Isaac Newton, who made perhaps the greatest contribution to the history of the scientific method. He was the first to really understand that the scientific method needed both deduction and induction. read more