[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Hindu Achievements in Exact Science: A Study in the History of Scientific Development](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918) › c6.4 # Hindu Achievements in Exact Science: A Study in the History of Scientific Development c6.4 Hindu Achievements in Exact Science: A Study in the History of Scientific Development c6.4 - **Language:** English ### [c6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c6.4) This optimism seems almost to out-Bacon Bacon's prophecy in the "\*Novum Organum\*" (1621) relating to the wonderful achievements he expected from a "new birth of science." The "new birth" was inevitable, he declared, "if any one of ripe age, unimpaired senses, and well-purged mind, apply himself anew to experience and particulars." - [Previous: c6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c6.3) - [Next: c6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c6.5) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c6.4) · Pramāṇa