The First Professional Scientist Robert Hooke and the Royal Society of London /

A contemporary of Christopher Wren, Robert Boyle, and Isaac Newton, and close friend of all but Newton, Robert Hooke (1635-1703), one of the founders of the early scientific revolution, faded into almost complete obscurity after his death and remained there for nearly three centuries. The result has...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Purrington, Robert D. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Basel : Birkhäuser Basel : Imprint: Birkhäuser, 2009.
Edición:1st ed. 2009.
Colección:Science Networks. Historical Studies, 39
Temas:
Science-History.
History of Science.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Restoring Robert Hooke
  • Robert Hooke, Indefaticable Genius: Hooke and London
  • Promoting Physico-Mathematical-Experimental Learning: Founding the Royal Society of London
  • Society of the Muses: The First Decade
  • Crisis and Consolidation: 1672-1687
  • The Society After the Principia: 1688-1703
  • Scientific Virtuoso: Hooke 1655-1687
  • And all was Light: Hooke and Newton on Light and Color
  • The Nature of Things Themselves: Robert Hooke, Natural Philosopher
  • The System of the World: Hooke and Universal Gravitation, the Inverse-square Law, and Planetary Orbits
  • The Omnipotence of the Creator: Robert Hooke, Astronomer
  • The Last Remain: Hooke After the Principa, 1687-1703
  • Epilogue
  • Erratum.

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