Curious Life Of Robert Hooke: The Man Who Measured London

by Lisa Jardine

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Curious Life Of Robert Hooke: The Man Who Measured London

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The brilliant, largely forgotten maverick Robert Hooke was an engineer, surveyor, architect, and inventor who worked tirelessly with his intimate friend Christopher Wren to rebuild London after the Great Fire of 1666.He was the first Curator of Experiments at the Royal Society, and his engravings of natural phenomena seen under the new microscope appeared in his masterpiece, the acclaimed Microgra