Robert Hooke: New Studies

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Individually excellent and scholarly essays... most illuminating and thought-provoking. A conspicuous feature of the collection is the heterogeneity of the scientific topics discussed.' ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW Essential reading for all students of Hooke and of the context of Restoration science.' Stephen Pumfrey BRITISH JNL FOR HISTORY OF SCIENCERobert Hooke (1635--1703) is best known for his Micrographia, which combined an exposition of the findings of the microscopewith speculations on a variety of scientific topics. He also made major contributions to an astonishing range of subjects, from pneumatics to geology. Equally important was his ingenuity and skill in inventing and refining scientific instruments, clocks and other technological devices.


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Hooke's instruments for astronomy and navigation, J.A.Bennett; Robert Hooke and practical optics - technical support at a scientific frontier, A.D.C.Simpson; Robert Hooke's longitude timekeeper, Michael Wright; rhetoric and graphic in "micrographia", John T.Harwood; Robert Hooke, the incongruous mechanist, John Henry; Robert Hooke and the dynamics of motion in a curved path, Patri J.Pugliese; geological controversy in the 17th century - Hooke vs Wallis and its aftermath, David R.Oldroyd; experience and experiment - Robert Hooke, illness and medicine, Lucinda McCray Beier; who was Robert Hooke?, Steven Shapin. Appendix: Hooke's possessions at his death - a hitherto unknown inventory.

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