Francis Bacon

Somewhere in South America, there is a plateau; and roaming in its forests are dinosaurs. Only one man has ever been there, and his reports are so astonishing that no-one is prepared to believe him; except the extraordinary Professor Challenger. He decides to take a trip to prove beyond doubt that this lost world …

La Nova Atlàntida és una novel·la utòpica escrita per Francis Bacon el 1626. Descriu una terra mítica, Bensalem, a la que ell viatja. Narra la descripció que fa un dels seus homes savis del seu mètode per a realitzar invencions. A Bensalem, el matrimoni i la família són la base de la societat i els llaços familiars se …

This authoritative edition brings together an extensive collection of Bacon's writing--the major prose in full, together with sixteen other pieces not otherwise available--that reveals the essence of his work and thinking.About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest …