Michael Cooper and Michael Hunter
Ashgate
Hardback
358
2006
This volume represents a benchmark in the study of Robert Hooke (1635-1703) a genius whose wide-ranging achievements are at last receiving the recognition that they deserve. It brings together a comprehensive set of studies of different aspects of his life thought and artistry with sections on Hooke's life and reputation his contributions to celestial mechanics and astronomy and to speculative natural philosophy the instruments that he designed and his work in architecture and construction. The introduction places the studies in the context of our current understanding of Hooke and his milieu while the book also contains a comprehensive bibliography.
Ashgate
Hardback
358
2006
This volume represents a benchmark in the study of Robert Hooke (1635-1703) a genius whose wide-ranging achievements are at last receiving the recognition that they deserve. It brings together a comprehensive set of studies of different aspects of his life thought and artistry with sections on Hooke's life and reputation his contributions to celestial mechanics and astronomy and to speculative natural philosophy the instruments that he designed and his work in architecture and construction. The introduction places the studies in the context of our current understanding of Hooke and his milieu while the book also contains a comprehensive bibliography.