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Biography of Robert Hooke
889 words, approx. 3 pages
 One of the preeminent scientists of the seventeenth century, Robert Hooke is perhaps best remembered for the wide variety of fields to which he contributed, including physics, astronomy, microscopy, biology, and architecture, among others. Although...
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Biography of Robert Hooke
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 Robert Hooke was one of a special breed of scientist whose intellect and ingenuity spanned many different disciplines. Like his contemporaries Isaac Newton (1642-1727) and Christiaan Huygens, Hooke worked in many fields, often with remarkable results....
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Biography of Robert Hooke
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 The English physicist Robert Hooke (1635-1703) was one of the most ingenious and versatile experimenters of all time. Robert Hooke, the son of a clergyman in Freshwater on the Isle of Wight, was born on July 18, 1635. He was too sickly for regular...



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608 words, approx. 2 pages 1635-1703 English Physicist Robert Hooke was a scientist with broad interests and accomplishments. He is best known for his research on elastic solids and for the discovery of the law that governs their behavior. Hooke was educated at Westminster and...
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Robert Hooke Summary
76 words, approx. 1 pages 1635-1703 English physicist with broad scientific interests and accomplishments, who is best known for his discovery of the law that governs the behavior of elastic materials, known as Hooke's law in his honor. He also coined the word cell for...
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 Robert Hooke, FRS (July 18, 1635 – March 3, 1703) was an English polymath who played an important role in the scientific revolution, through both experimental and theoretical...




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Today in history - April 18
4/18/2007: 579 words, approx. 2 pages Today is Wednesday, April 18, the 108th day of 2007. There are 257 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On April 18, 1906, a devastating earthquake struck San Francisco, followed by raging fires; estimates of the final death toll stood at more than 3,600.On...
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Hooke notes parallel science revolution
10/8/2007: 400 words, approx. 1 pages The notes of 17th-century researcher Robert Hooke were posted on the Internet on Monday, opening an online window into the man who helped drive Britain's scientific revolution and laying bare his professional rivalries with the likes of Sir Isaac Newton.The notes, lost for centuries before...
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Team: Music in 'Da Vinci Code' chapel
5/3/2007: 703 words, approx. 2 pages Like a plot from "The Da Vinci Code," a team of code breakers claims to have found music hidden for 500 years in intricate carvings at the church where author Dan Brown set the climax of the best-selling book.Father and son team Thomas and Stuart...



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Robert Hooke
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 Robert Hooke was probably the single greatest experimental scientist to come out of the seventeenth century. He was one of the most diverse of all scientist of his time contributing major findings to almost all fields of science.


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