Injury prevention strategies cover a variety of approaches, many of which are classified as falling under the â3 Eâsâ of injury prevention: education, engineering modifications, and enforcement/enactment.
Lived c. 1170 â c. 1245. Fibonacci was the greatest Western mathematician of the Middle Ages. In the absence of his contributions, the scientific revolution started by Nicolaus Copernicus in 1543 would not have been possible. Fibonacci introduced the modern number system to the West, which ultimately allowed science and mathematics to flourish.
Francis Bacon, 1561â1626. Portrait of Francis Bacon. Frontispiece from his Francisci Baconi . . . Opera omnia quae extant, philosophica, moralia, politica, historica . . . (Frankfurt on Main: Impensis J. B. Schonwetteri, 1665) [Rare Books Division]. Called the father of empiricism, Sir Francis Bacon is credited with establishing and popularizing the âscientific methodâ of inquiry into natural phenomena.