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 been that his role in the
scientific revolution has been almost totally ignored. He was the
first professional scientist worthy of the name, working for the
young Royal Society of London as its curator of experiments for
four decades. He became the Societys intellectual center, and for
a while its Secretary, roles which led to confrontation with
Newton. He made important contributions to pneumatics, mechanics,
microscopy, astronomy, and geology, and was partner to Wren in
rebuilding London after the Fire.
From the reviews: "Each chapter is abundantly annotated. These annotations do more than just give a source: they are often quite descriptive in themselves. ... This book describes the life of Hooke as well as his scientific contributions. Reading this book will enable one to see Hooke as the eclectic gentleman that he was. Anyone interested in Hooke or the London scientific community of the 17th century will certainly enjoy perusing it." (Herbert E. Kasube, The Mathematical Association of America, August, 2010)
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1;Contents;7 2;Acknowledgments;10 3;Preface;11 3.1;Annotations;16 4;Restoring Robert Hooke;18 4.1;Hooke and London;21 4.2;Annotations;25 5;Robert Hooke, Indefaticable Genius1): Hooke and London;29 5.1;The Diary;34 5.2;Hooke and Wren;38 5.3;Conclusion;40 5.4;Annotations;41 6;Promoting Physico-Mathematical-Experimental Learning: Founding the Royal Society of London;48 6.1;Annotations;54 7;Society of the Muses: The First Decade;59 7.1;Focused Energies: The Laws of Motion;67 7.2;Concluding the First Decade;70 7.3;Annotations;72 8;Crisis and Consolidation: 16721687;79 8.1;Annotations;83 9;The Society After the Principia: 1688 1703;86 9.1;Annotations;90 10;Scientific Virtuoso: Hooke 16551687;94 10.1;First Discoveries;94 10.2;Hooke and the Royal Society, 16621677;97 10.3;Hooke and Oldenburg, 16751677;104 10.4;Hooke and the Society after Oldenburg; 16771687;11110.5;Restless Genius: Hooke as Scientist114 10.6;The Hooke Folio, 2006;127 10.7;Conclusion:;128 10.8;Annotations;131 11;And All Was Light: Hooke and Newton on Light and Color;147 11.1;Hookes Theory of Light;149 11.2;Newtons Theory;151 11.3;Debate after 1672;152 11.4;Annotations;156 12;The Nature of Things Themselves: Robert Hooke, Natural Philosopher;161 12.1;Introduction;161 12.2;Hookes Natural Philosophy;162 12.3;Light; Matter, and Motion165 12.4;Natural Philosophy and Newton;169 12.5;Conclusion;171 12.6;Annotations;172 13;The System of the World: Hooke and Universal Gravitation, the Inverse-square Law, and Planetary Orbits;176 13.1;Introduction: Hooke and Planetary Dynamics;176 13.2;Halley and Newton;182 13.3;Huygens;184 13.4;Hooke and Universal Gravitation;185 13.5;Hooke and Newton, 1679;188 13.6;Hookes Laws of Circular Motion;193 13.7;Newton, Gravitation, and the Kepler Problem, 16651987;198 13.8;Conclusion;200 13.9;Annotations;201 14;The Omnipotence of the Creator: Robert Hooke, Astronomer;214 14.1;Telescopes and Optics;216 14.2;Hooke As An Observer;218 14.3;Comets;225 14.4;Stellar Parallax;227 14.5;Conclusion;231 14.6;Annotations;231 15;The Last Remain: Hooke After the Principia, 16871703;237 15.1;Introduction;237 15.2;Hooke and Newton;239 15.3;16871703;241 15.4;Annotations;247 16;Epilogue;251 16.1;Introduction;251 16.2;Legacy;253 16.3;Conclusion;257 16.4;Annotations;258 17;Bibliography;261 18;Index;275
