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  2. Paper: 'Treasure of Knowledge'
  3. Unit: Observation and Experimentation

Thomas Browne, 'Pseudodoxia Epidemica' (1672)

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Pseudodoxia Epidemica (full text)

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Thomas Browne, 'Pseudodoxia Epidemica' (1672)
Collection: 
Fellows' Library, Winchester College

Full title: Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica or Vulgar Errors (London, 1672)

In Pseudodoxia Epidemica, Browne used reason and experimentation to challenge a number of widely believed misconceptions about the natural world. His final revision of the book came in 1672, the sixth edition since its first publication in 1646.