| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 281 pages) : illustrations, map |
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Science networks historical studies ; v. 39 |
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Science networks historical studies ; v. 39.
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| Contents |
Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Restoring Robert Hooke -- Robert Hooke: Indefaticable Genius: Hooke and London -- Promoting Physico-Mathematical-Experimental Learning: Founding the Royal Society of London -- Society of the Muses: The First Decade -- Crisis and Consolidation: 1672-1687 -- The Society after the Principia: 1688-1703 -- Scientific Virtuoso: Hooke 1655-1687 -- And All Was Light: Hooke and Newton on Light and Color -- The Nature of Things Themselves: Robert Hooke, Natural Philosopher -- The System of the World: Hooke and Universal Gravitation, the Inverse-Square Law, and Planetary Orbits -- The Omnipotence of the Creator: Robert Hooke, Astronomer -- The Last Remain: Hooke after the Principia, 1687-1703.-Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
A contemporary of Christopher Wren, Robert Boyle, and Isaac Newton, and close friend of all but Newton, Robert Hooke (1635-1703), one of the founders of the early scientific revolution, faded into almost complete obscurity after his death and remained there for nearly three centuries |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-264) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Hooke, Robert, 1635-1703.
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Hooke, Robert, 1635-1703 |
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Hooke, Robert, 1635-1703 fast |
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Royal Society (Great Britain) -- History
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Royal Society (Great Britain) |
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Royal Society (Great Britain) fast |
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Scientists -- England -- London -- Biography
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Medicine -- History -- 17th century.
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Science -- history
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History, 17th Century
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Societies, Scientific -- history
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Science & Technology.
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Sciences sociales.
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Sciences humaines.
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Medicine
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Scientists
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United Kingdom |
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England -- London
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| Genre/Form |
collective biographies.
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Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783034600378 |
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3034600372 |
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1282363034 |
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9781282363038 |
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9786612363030 |
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6612363037 |
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