Englands Leonardo: Robert Hooke and the Seventeenth-Century Scientific Revolution

Physicists are familiar with Hookes Law of springs, but few know of his work in other areas, such as combustion microscopy, gravitation, and architecture. Englands Leonardo is a biography of Hooke that covers all aspects of his work, from his early life on the Isle of Wight through his time at Oxford University, where he became part of the group that formed the original Fellowship of the Royal Society. The author divides the book according to Hookes fields of research-Physiology, Engineering, Microscopy, Astronomy, Geology, and Optics-and concludes with a chapter considering Hookes legacy and his impact on science.