Francis Bacon was born on 22 January 1561 in England.0:08
He was a writer, a politician and a philosopher.0:14
Very well known in his time.0:18
Bacon played a very important role in the political life of his country.0:20
He was a Member of Parliament who, who held some very important positions in the government.0:24
King James I thought highly of him and his ideas.0:30
But that's not why we remember Francis Bacon nowadays.0:34
Now he's best known for his philosophic writings as he developed the philosophy of science.0:39
Bacon was not a great scientist himself, but he taught scientists to use experiment and observation as their main methods, instead of theory, as scientists had done before.0:46
So we can say that he gave a start to modern, inductive science.0:59
That's why the 18th century philosophers Voltaire and Diderot called him the father of modern science.1:05
Sir Isaac Newton and many other scientists and philosophers read Bacon's books and learned from them.1:13
In 1626, Bacon decided to do a scientific experiment.1:20
He wanted to know if cold could help to keep food fresh and unspoiled.1:25
They say he was experimenting with chickens, putting them on the ice outside his house.1:32
The weather was bad and he caught a cold and soon died.1:37
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