In this series, The Week looks at the ideas and innovations that permanently changed the way we see the world. This week, the spotlight is on the scientific method: As the world scrambles to deal ...

This is the basis of the modern scientific method. It blossomed in the 17th century ... tested by the emergence of supposedly scientific ideas which seem to fail this test. From attempts to ...

the scientific method. It’s the bedrock of modern science. A way of making scientific ideas testable by comparing them to experimental results. One of its earlier practitioners was Sir Isaac Newton.