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Claude Bernard Academic

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: France
  • Born: Jul 12, 1813
  • Died: Feb 10, 1878

Claude Bernard was a French physiologist. Historian I. Bernard Cohen of Harvard University called Bernard "one of the greatest of all men of science". Among many other accomplishments, he was one of the first to suggest the use of blind experiments to ensure the objectivity of scientific observations. He was the first to define the term milieu intérieur, now known as homeostasis.

The investigator should have a robust faith - and yet not believe. faith

Experimentation is an active science. science

It is what we know already that often prevents us from learning. learning

Mediocre men often have the most acquired knowledge. knowledge

Art is I science is we. science

Observation is a passive science, experimentation an active science. science

Science does not permit exceptions. science

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