"Grown out of a conference on Hooke held under the auspices of the British Society for the History of Science at the Royal Society, London, from 19 to 21 July 1988"--Page ix
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-304) and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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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 graphics 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 seventeenth 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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PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Hooke, Robert,1635-1703
Hooke, Robert,1635-1703
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
History, 17th Century-- Great Britain, Biography
Natural Science Disciplines-- Great Britain, Biography
Natural Science Disciplines-- history-- Great Britain, Biography