Hooke, the first paid curator and later secretary of the Royal Society of London, has often been regarded as a dabbler in too many fields of knowledge.

Robert Hooke (1635-1703) ... Hooke, the first paid curator and later secretary of the Royal Society of London, has often been regarded as a dabbler in too many fields of knowledge.

The book was an expression of 30-year-old Hooke's life, complex with both remarkable technical skills and careful inquiry. In the massive volume, Hooke initiated the convention of visualization that ...

The Royal Society is appealing for a "white knight" to buy some notes by the 17th Century scientist Robert Hooke. Hooke, who was also an architect and inventor, was one of the original fellows of the ...

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and work of Robert Hooke (1635-1703) who worked for Robert Boyle and was curator of experiments at the Royal Society. The engraving of a flea, above, is ...

ROBERT HOOKE is generally ... since he states that his main authorities are Hooke's brief biographical notes and the “Journals” of the Royal Society. It is typical that Hooke is one of the ...

In the records of the first forty years of the Royal Society, ... OF all the scientific worthies of the seventeenth century, none will be remembered longer than Robert Hooke, ...

THE tercentenary of the birth of Robert Hooke, Gresham professor of astronomy, surveyor to the City of London and curator of experiments to the Royal Society, occurs on July 18 of this year. Hooke ...

IN his account of the extraordinarily intriguing, human and intimate part of the ” Diary of Robert Hooke”, published in NATURE of September 7, Prof. Andrade has suggested that the biographer ...