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Article: A Little-Known Founder of the European Scientific Revolution.(The Curious LIfe of Robert Hooke: The Man Who Measured London)(Book Review)
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- The World and I
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- November 1, 2004
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Surekha Vijh is an award-winning poet who has been a journalist for The Washington Times, The Times of India, and The New India Times, as well as a staff member of the BBC in London.
THE CURIOUS LIFE OF ROBERT HOOKE: THE MAN WHO MEASURED LONDON
A biography
By Lisa Jardine
395 pp. HarperCollins Publishers. $27.95
It is pleasant to read a book describing a man who had been ill-treated in the annals of scientific history. English scientist Robert Hooke (1635-1703) has been historically known for losing quarrels with better- known scientists rather than for his achievements. Often called a "man of strange temper" and an adversary ...