Robert Hooke: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
Two popular biographies by authors with scholarly backgrounds are Lisa Jardine, The Curious Life of Robert Hooke: The Man Who Measured London (2003); and Stephen Inwood, The Man Who Knew Too Much: The Strange and Inventive Life of Robert Hooke 1635–1703 (2002). Both books emphasize Hooke’s extensive connections with the scientific establishment of his day. Allan Chapman, England’s Leonardo: Robert Hooke and the Seventeenth-Century Scientific Revolution (2004), written by a science historian, surveys Hooke’s life and then devotes separate chapters to his many fields of inquiry.
Focusing on specific areas of Hooke’s studies are Michael Cooper, “A More Beautiful City”: Robert Hooke and the Rebuilding of London After the Great Fire (2003), on Hooke’s work as architect and surveyor; and Ellen T. Drake, Restless Genius: Robert Hooke and His Earthly Thoughts (1996), on Hooke’s geology. Collections of scholarly essays on Hooke’s contributions to science are Michael Cooper and Michael Hunter (eds.), Robert Hooke: Tercentennial Studies (2006); and Michael Hunter and Simon Schaffer (eds.), Robert Hooke: New Studies (1989).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Add new Web site: Molecular Expressions - Robert Hooke (1635-1703). | Sep 09, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Jul 24, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: The History of London - Robert Hooke. | Jul 02, 2026 | ||
| Media added. | Apr 17, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: International Federation of Surveyors - Robert Hooke (1635-1703): The Hidden Surveyor Revealed (PDF). | Apr 11, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Feb 27, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Monument - Dr Robert Hooke. | Oct 02, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Site of Robert Hooke Society. | Jun 18, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC listen - Radio National Breakfast - Robert Hooke: England's Leonardo? | Apr 10, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Feb 10, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: AIP Publishing - Physics Today - The Forgotten Genius: The Biography of Robert Hooke 1635�1703. | Jan 16, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Royal Society Publishing - Notes and Records - Crafting the microworld: how Robert Hooke constructed knowledge about small things. | Dec 04, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Linda Hall Library - Robert Hooke. | Jun 25, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Historic-UK - Dr Robert Hooke. | May 03, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Mar 13, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Robert Hooke's Contributions to Hydrogeology. | Dec 23, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Robert Hooke. | Oct 09, 2023 | ||
| Links added. | Jun 29, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: History-Computer - Robert Hooke � Biography, History and Inventions. | Jun 27, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Vigyan Prasar - Hooke Robert. | Jan 26, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Live Science - Robert Hooke: English scientist who discovered the cell. | Apr 10, 2022 | ||
| Added mention of Hooke's effort to improve pendulum mechanisms for timekeeping. | Jan 21, 2021 | ||
| Media added. | Jan 23, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: Famous Scientists - Biography of Robert Hooke. | Nov 20, 2019 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Mar 08, 2019 | ||
| Media added. | Mar 22, 2018 | ||
| Noted that his birth date of July 18, 1635, corresponds to July 28 in the Gregorian (New Style) calendar. | Dec 30, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: The University of Adelaide - Biography of Robert Hooke. | Jan 09, 2014 | ||
| New bibliography added. | Jan 30, 2012 | ||
| Images of Hooke's law and a universal joint designed by Hooke added. | Jan 17, 2011 | ||
| Added new Web site: Strange Science - Biography of Robert Hooke. | Apr 16, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive - Biography of Robert Hooke. | Apr 04, 2008 | ||
| Media added. | Jun 07, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: University of California - Museum of Paleontology - Biography of Robert Hooke. | Jun 27, 2006 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |