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1. Introduction / Julie Robin Solomon -- 2. Bacon, atomism, and imposture : the true and the useful in history, myth, and theory / Reid Barbour -- 3. The new science and the Via Negativa : a mystical source for Baconian Empiricism / Michael McCanles -- 4. The feminine birth of the mind : regendering the empirical subject in Bacon and his followers / Catherine Gimelli Martin -- 5. "The very idea!" Francis Bacon, E.O. Wilson on the rehabilitation of Eidos / John C. Briggs -- 6. Francis Bacon and the unity of knowledge : reason and revelation / Jerry Weinberger -- 7. The hidden life of matter : techniques for prolonging of life in the writings of Francis Bacon / Guido Giglioni -- 8. "The purer foundations" : Bacon and legal education / Daniel R. Coquillette -- 9. A society of Baconians? The collective development of Bacon's method in the Royal Society of London / William T. Lynch -- 10. Francis Bacon, the advancement of learning, and historical thought / Fritz Levy -- 11. "Seated between the old world and the new" : geopolitics, natural philosophy, and proficient method / Timothy J. Reiss.

Tools for Building Culturally Competent HIV Prevention Programs comprises science-based, practitioner-friendly resources designed to increase HIV prevention professionals' capacity to conduct effective, culturally competent program planning, implementation, and evaluation. The content was informed by extensive needs assessment research, usability testing, and field testing in collaboration with HIV prevention professionals who are collectively utilizing a variety of prevention approaches, with culturally diverse populations, across a range of agency settings and community contexts. The guide s

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