Robert Hooke FRS (/hʊk/; 18 July 1635 – 3 March 1703) was an English polymath who was active as a physicist ("natural philosopher"), astronomer, geologist...

of the spring. The law is named after 17th-century British physicist Robert Hooke. He first stated the law in 1676 as a Latin anagram. He published the...

knowledge of various clever mechanisms, including gimbals Hooke joint or Hooke's joint, after Robert Hooke, a polymath of the 17th century who contributed to...

Observations and Inquiries Thereupon. is a historically significant book by Robert Hooke about his observations through various lenses. It was the first book...

first book of Newton's Principia was presented to the Royal Society, Robert Hooke accused Newton of plagiarism by claiming that he had taken from him the...

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advanced enough to discover cells. This discovery is largely attributed to Robert Hooke, and began the scientific study of cells, known as cell biology. When...

close friend and collaborator of Robert Hooke, for whom he frequently brought back gifts from his travels. In return, Hooke took Knox to the local coffeehouses...

leading company in the industry. Cork was examined microscopically by Robert Hooke, which led to his discovery and naming of the cell. Cork composition...

repulsive at perihelion. Robert Hooke and Giovanni Alfonso Borelli both expounded gravitation in 1666 as an attractive force. Hooke's lecture "On gravity"...

his scientific circle in London, including Sir Christopher Wren and Robert Hooke. This manuscript gave important mathematical derivations relating to...

which was originally conceived and developed by the English scientist Robert Hooke (1635–1703). A card held to the edge of a spinning toothed wheel will...

Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey as the voice of scientists Edmond Halley and Robert Hooke. In 2010, he returned to the Saw franchise in Saw 3D (2010), the seventh...

Opticks. When Robert Hooke criticised some of Newton's ideas, Newton was so offended that he withdrew from public debate. Newton and Hooke had brief exchanges...

and early modern period, with Carl Linnaeus, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Robert Hooke, Charles Darwin, Gregor Mendel and many others. The study of animals...

it around 1450. In the ensuing centuries numerous others, including Robert Hooke (1635–1703), developed their own versions, with some mistakenly credited...

Otto von Guericke's air pump, he set himself, with the assistance of Robert Hooke, to devise improvements in its construction. Guericke's air pump was...

escapement for clock making is invented by Robert Hooke. 1667 A tin can telephone is devised by Robert Hooke. 1668 Sir Isaac Newton invents the first working...

escapement probably invented by Robert Hooke (1635–1703). c. 1657: Balance spring added to balance wheel by Robert Hooke (1635–1703). c. 1722: Grasshopper...

are greater than they. Isaac Newton remarked in a letter to his rival Robert Hooke dated 5 February 1675: What Des-Cartes [sic] did was a good step. You...

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Francesco Folli invented a more practical version of the device, while Robert Hooke improved a number of meteorological devices including the hygrometer...

London merchant. She was a mystery to Wren's friends and companions. Robert Hooke, who often saw Wren two or three times every week, had, as he recorded...

in painting. By the 18th century, following developments by Robert Boyle and Robert Hooke, more easily portable models in boxes became available. These...

plants; and ribosomes, which synthesise proteins. Cells were discovered by Robert Hooke in 1665, who named them after their resemblance to cells inhabited by...

Portland stone topped with a gilded urn of fire. It was designed by Robert Hooke. Its height marks its distance from the site of the shop of Thomas Farriner...

London instrument maker of the 17th century, who supplied microscopes to Robert Hooke. These microscopes were compound lens instruments, which suffered greatly...

smooth surfaces, lamellae, folds, tubes, or teeth. The term was coined by Robert Hooke in 1665. Hibbett, David S.; Murakami, Shigeyuki; Tsuneda, Akihiko (1993-05-01)...

conducted by the British physicist and polymath Robert Hooke from 1664 to 1685. From 1664 to 1665 Hooke experimented with sound transmission through a...

recorded microscope observation was of the fruiting bodies of moulds, by Robert Hooke in 1666, but the Jesuit priest Athanasius Kircher was likely the first...