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	History of the Inductive Sciences from the Earliest to the Present Time 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2006 — 89 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Of the Plurality of Worlds: An Essay really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1854 — 94 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	History of the Inductive Sciences: From the Earliest to the Present Times 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2006 — 78 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Philosophy Of The Inductive Sciences V1: Founded Upon Their History (1847) 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1847 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences: Works in the Philosophy of Science 1830-1914 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Indications of the Creator 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lectures on Systematic Morality: Delivered in Lent Term, 1846 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On the Philosophy of Discovery, Chapters Historical and Critical really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2010 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Theory of Scientific Method by William Whewell, Robert E. Butts (Editor) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1989 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	History of the Inductive Sciences: From the Earliest to the Present Times it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2010 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Every failure is a step to success. Every detection of what is false directs us towards what is true: every trial exhausts some tempting form of error. ”
― William Whewell

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“And so no force however great can stretch a cord however fine into a horizontal line that shall be absolutely straight.”
― William Whewell

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“Man is the interpreter of nature, science the right interpretation.”
― William Whewell, The Philosophy Of The Inductive Sciences V1: Founded Upon Their History

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