Bernard; Whitman, Anne; Budenz, Julia | [ Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy] |
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] Of great significance is the evolutionary algorithm, which uses a simplified subset of the process of natural evolution applied to find the solution to problems that are too complex to solve by traditional analytic methods | "Chapter 1: A Selective Survey of Theories of Scientific Method" |
Note: for a discussion of multiple hypotheses, see• The Principia: Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy.
16The scientific method continues to evolve through adaptive reward, trial and error and application of the method to itself | Popper 1963 , 'The Logic of Scientific Discovery' |
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This chapter also discusses the different types of research questions and how they are produced | Elizabeth Asmis 1985 Epicurus' Scientific Method |
He made significant contributions to anatomy, astronomy, engineering, , medicine, ophthalmology, philosophy, physics, psychology, and visual perception and is primarily attributed as the inventor of the scientific method, for which author Bradley Steffens 2006 describes him as the "first scientist".