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Hooke is for Robert Hooke, one of history's most curious scientists. Every card takes about 30 seconds to learn something new.
Who was Robert Hooke?
Robert Hooke (1635–1703)
An English scientist, inventor and architect who was curious about almost everything. He looked at a thin slice of cork through his microscope and named the tiny compartments he saw “cells,” a word biology still uses today. He also worked out how springs stretch (Hooke's law), studied light, fossils and the planets, and helped rebuild London after the Great Fire of 1666.
His life
- 1635
Born on the Isle of Wight, England.
- 1655
At Oxford, becomes assistant to Robert Boyle and helps build his air pump.
- 1662
Named the first Curator of Experiments of the Royal Society.
- 1665
Publishes Micrographia, with detailed drawings of what he saw through a microscope, and uses the word “cell”.
- 1666
After the Great Fire, works as a surveyor helping rebuild London.
- 1678
Publishes the law of elasticity, now called Hooke's law.
- 1703
Dies in London.
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