03-00118624 – ROGER BACON (1241-1292), SCIENZIATO SPERIMENTALE, FILOSOFO E FRATE INGLESE. NUTRIVA INTERESSI VERSO LA MAGIA E L’ALCHIMIA, PER QUESTO VENNE ESPULSO DALL’ORDINE FRANCESCANO. FECE ESPERIMENTI NEL CAMPO DELL’OTTICA SULL’USO DELLE LENTI, VERTICALE, B/N, STAMPA, RITRATTO, BARBA, CAPPUCCIO, LIBRO, RELIGIONE, 390001831

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Roger Bacon, English experimental scientist, philosopher and Franciscan friar. Bacon (c1214-1292) was known as ‘Doctor Mirabilis’ due to his interest in magic and alchemy, the pursuit of which led ultimately to his being expelled from the Franciscan order. He experimented with optics and lenses, leading to the development of spectacles.