Robert Hooke was a 17th-century scientist who contributed to our knowledge of mathematics, mechanics, biology and astronomy. ... according to Biography.com. You may like ...

Robert Hooke discovered the cell, established experimentation as crucial to scientific research, ... The Forgotten Genius: The Biography Of Robert Hooke 1635-1703 by Stephen Inwood.

Adamant that her book not be taken as a conventional biography, Ms. Henderson argues that, for Hooke, life and science were of a piece. When he became worried that his capacious memory was fading ...

Although a portrait of Robert Hooke was seen at the Royal Society in 1710, none exists now apart from the memorial window at St Helen's Bishopsgate, which is merely a formulaic portrait. The ...

A memorial for Robert Hooke, one of the most brilliant and versatile of English scientists, was unveiled on 3rd March 2005. ... He was a true polymath and as an inventor was second to none. When he ...

Ms. Jardine talked about her book [The Curious Life of Robert Hooke: The Man Who Measured London], published by HarperCollins. It is a biography of scientist, inventor, architect, surveyor, and ...

Forgotten though he may have been, this is the second biography of Hooke to appear this season (after Lisa Jardine's The Curious Life of Robert Hooke, Forecasts, Nov. 17, 2003). The next time you ...

The papers of Robert Hooke, a 17th century scientist hailed as Britain's answer to Leonardo, have gone on line so that his pioneering work can now be appreciated by a global audience. Hooke (1635 ...

Robert Hooke (1635-1703) is best known for his depiction of a flea as seen through his microscope, ... The mystery of cryptocurrency’s inventor, conformity by decree in China, ...

Although a portrait of Robert Hooke was seen at the Royal Society in 1710, ... William Petty, economist and inventor; the astronomers Jeremiah Horrocks of Liverpool, John Flamsteed and Edmond ...