Robert Hooke (1635–1703): recognising a sound imagination
1998; Elsevier BV; Volume: 352; Issue: 9124 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/s0140-6736(98)01320-8
ISSN1474-547X
Autores Tópico(s)History of Medicine Studies
ResumoA man of integrity and humanity, Robert Hooke also had an irascible side to his character, and his scientific work fell into a perplexing state of obscurity after his death. 1 Espinasse M Robert Hooke. 1st edn. William Heinemann, London1956 Google Scholar The enigmatic nature of his personality is perpetuated today by the absence of any surviving portrait. 2 Nichols R The diaries of Robert Hooke, the Leonardo of London, 1635–1703. The Book Guild, Lewes, Sussex1994: 158-159 Google Scholar Yet in his lectures and discourses to the Royal Society (of which he was the first Curator of Experiments and later its Secretary), and in his discoveries, experiments, inventions, and designs, one can only stand back in admiration at the energy, imagination, and virtuosity that enabled him to make important contributions to almost every field of science, 1 Espinasse M Robert Hooke. 1st edn. William Heinemann, London1956 Google Scholar , 3 Drake ET Restless genius—Robert Hooke and his earthly thoughts. Oxford University Press, Oxford1996 Google Scholar , 4 Middleton WS The medical aspect of Robert Hooke. Ann Med Hist. 1927; 9: 227-243 Google Scholar , 5 O'Connor JJ Robertson EF MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive. University of St Andrews, Scotland. http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/index.html Google Scholar as well as to music theory 6 Gouk P The role of acoustics and music theory in the scientific work of Robert Hooke. Ann Sci. 1980; 37: 573-605 Crossref Scopus (31) Google Scholar and architecture. 7 'Espinasse M Robert Hooke. 1st edn. William Heinemann, London1956: 83-105 Google Scholar Hooke was City Surveyor after The Great Fire in 1666 and assistant to his friend, Sir Christopher Wren, in the rebuilding works. In addition, his architectural designs include the Royal College of Physicians at its Warwick Lane site, London (1672–78); the Greenwich Observatory, London (1675); the Monument, Fish Hill Street, London (1671–76); Bethlem Hospital ("Bedlam”), Moorfields, London (1675–76); and Ragley Hall, Warwickshire (c 1678).
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