Hogan, DesmondGarber, DanielWei, Jiemin2016-07-202026-09-302016-07-202026-09-302016-03-282016-07-20http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dsp01r781wj48dhttps://theses-dissertations.princeton.edu/handle/88435/dsp01r781wj48dFrancis Bacon is known as the ‘father of modern science’ for his writings on the scientific method. Travel and gender tropes are widespread but misunderstood throughout his works. I argue that these tropes reveal Bacon’s epistemology of science—one that is quasi-moral, characterized by discipline, and communicated in relational terms.72 pagesen-USTropes for the Disciplined Relationship between the Scientist and Nature:Travel and Gender in Francis Bacon’s Epistemology of SciencePrinceton University Senior Theses