Groundbreaking discoveries in science often come with two iconic images, one representing the breakthrough and the other, the discoverer. For example, the page from Darwin’s notebook sketching the ...

There’s no doubt that during his time the natural philosopher Robert Hooke was something of an outsider, depicted by his chroniclers as “jealous” and “mistrustful”. But over the past three centuries, ...

English scientist Robert Hooke (1635–1703) is known to history more for losing quarrels with better-known scientists than for his achievements. He dared challenge Newton for credit as discoverer of ...

Another groundbreaking discovery in science was the discovery of the cell by Robert Hooke (1635-1703). The iconic image of the breakthrough, published in the first scientific bestseller, 1665’s ...

THE FORGOTTEN GENIUS: The Biography of Robert Hooke 1635–1703, by Stephen Inwood, MacAdam/Cage, 2003, 475 pages, $28.50 (ISBN 1-931561-56-7) Stephen Inwood's book, "The Forgotten Genius: The ...

Viewers of last Sunday's episode of Cosmos were treated to an empowering, true story: of comets and intellectual brilliance, and learned knowledge conquering blind fear. We learned how one of the ...

Robert Hooke discovered the cell, established experimentation as crucial to scientific research, and did pioneering work in optics, gravitation, paleontology, architecture, and more. Yet history ...

Isaac Newton's preeminence in the history of science and mathematics is fully deserved. However, his enormous reputation overshadows the importance and work of some of the other founding fathers of ...

Engraving of a flea; Schem.XXIV. 'Micrographia', published in 1665, is the result of detailed observations by Robert Hooke using the recently invented microscope. The publication was funded by The ...

Although a portrait of Robert Hooke was seen at the Royal Society in 1710, none exists now apart from the memorial window at St Helen's Bishopsgate, which is merely a formulaic portrait. The absence ...

A 350-year-old book believed to be the world's first scientific best-seller will go on display as part of a new exhibition at the National Library of Wales. Written by Robert Hooke in the 17th Century ...