Full name: The Curious Life of Robert Hooke: The Man Who Measured London

Author: Lisa Jardine Year: 2003 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Biographies, Science, History, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads Amazon LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780060538989 0060538988

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 Micrographia, one of the most influential volumes of the day. But Hooke's irascible temper and his passionate idealism provedfatal for his relationships with important political figures, most notably Sir Isaac Newton: their quarrel is legendary. As a result, historical greatness eluded Robert Hooke. Now, eminent historian Lisa Jardine does this original thinker of indefatigable curiosity and imagination justice and allows him to take his place as a major figure in the seventeenth century intellectual and scientific revolution. Similar books: The Man Who Knew Too Much by Stephen Inwood Newton by Peter Ackroyd Copernicus' Secret by Jack Repcheck Wizard by Marc J. Seifer Isaac Newton by James Gleick Robert Oppenheimer by Ray Monk I am Albert Einstein by Brad Meltzer Samuel Pepys by Claire Tomalin The Starship and the Canoe by Kenneth Brower The Man Who Found Time by Jack Repcheck Leonardo da Vinci by Kathleen Krull Einstein in Love by Dennis Overbye Mistress of the Elgin Marbles by Susan Nagel Mrs. Jordan's Profession by Claire Tomalin The Rockefellers by Peter Collier Ingenious Pursuits by Lisa Jardine On a Grander Scale by Lisa Jardine The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot Galileo's Daughter by Dava Sobel