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Article: London's Leonardo The Life and Work of Robert Hooke.('A More Beautiful City': Robert Hooke and the Rebuilding of London After the Great Fire)(Book Review)
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- June 1, 2004
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London's Leonardo The Life and Work of Robert Hooke Jim Bennett Michael Cooper, Michael Hunter and Lisa Jardine Oxford University Press 224pp 20 [pounds sterling] ISBN 0 19 852579 6
'A More Beautiful City' Robert Hooke and the Rebuilding of London after the Great Fire Michael Cooper Sutton Publishing 271 pp 20 [pounds sterling] ISBN 0 7509 2959 6
'MANY THINGS I LONG TO BE AT, but I do extremely want time,' complained Robert Hooke (1638-1703). A restless, energetic man, Hooke was always searching out a new problem to solve, a new project to absorb his attention. Unfortunately for his posthumous reputation, his impressive skills included the art of making ...