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Robert Hooke FRS (/ h ʊ k /; 18 July 1635 – 3 March 1703) was an English polymath who was active as a physicist ("natural philosopher"), astronomer, geologist, meteorologist and architect. He is credited as one of the first scientists to investigate living things at microscopic scale in 1665, using a compound microscope that he designed.
Jun 25, 2024 · Robert Hooke (born July 18 [July 28, New Style], 1635, Freshwater, Isle of Wight, England—died March 3, 1703, London) was an English physicist who discovered the law of elasticity, known as Hooke’s law, and who did research in a remarkable variety of fields.
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- English physicist Robert Hooke is known for his discovery of the law of elasticity (Hooke’s law), for his first use of the word cell in the sense o...
- Robert Hooke was born on July 18 (July 28, New Style), 1635, at Freshwater, Isle of Wight, England.
- In 1665 Robert Hooke published what would become his most famous work, Micrographia (”Small Drawings”). In it he included his studies and illustrat...
Sep 21, 2023 · Robert Hooke (1635-1703) was an English scientist, architect, and natural philosopher who became a key figure in the Scientific Revolution.
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- Robert Hooke is known for his experiments and technical innovations, particularly with microscopes and navigational aids, during the Scientific Rev...
- Isaac Newton was mad at Robert Hooke, both members of the Royal Society, because Hooke accused him of plagiarism and Newton refused to acknowledge...
- Robert Hooke did not invent the microscope, but he did make several technical improvements to it, such as the aperture and the way the specimen was...
Apr 2, 2014 · (1635-1703) Who Was Robert Hooke? Scientist Robert Hooke was educated at Oxford and spent his career at the Royal Society and Gresham College. His research and experiments ranged from astronomy...
Robert Hooke (1635-1703) was a 17th-century natural philosopher who discovered cells and coined the term. He also invented instruments, observed weather, and studied fossils and gravity.
Jun 24, 2021 · Robert Hooke was a 17th-century scientist who contributed to our knowledge of mathematics, mechanics, biology and astronomy. Hooke is perhaps most famous for discovering the living cell, but...
Jul 17, 2019 · Learn about Robert Hooke, the "English Leonardo" who discovered cells, invented the balance watch and contributed to pneumatics, astronomy and architecture. He was a prolific experimenter, a fellow of the Royal Society and a collaborator of Isaac Newton.
