The First Professional Scientist Robert Hooke and the Royal Society of London /

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. The result has...

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Main Author: Purrington, Robert D. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Basel : Birkhũser Basel, 2009.
Series:Science Networks. Historical Studies ; 39
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Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0346-0037-8