His name is somewhat obscure and no portrait of him survives today, partly due to his enmity with his more famous and influential colleague, sir isaac newton. Hooke played an important role in the birth of science in the 17th century with both experimental and theoretical work. Robert hooke, english physicist who discovered the law of elasticity, known as hooke s law, and who did research in a remarkable variety of fields. Robert hooke frs was an english natural philosopher, architect and polymath. Micrographia y lectiones cutlerianae conferencias cutlerianas. Robert hooke july 18, 1635march 3, 1703 was a 17thcentury natural philosopheran early scientistnoted for a variety of observations of the natural world. Robert hooke, 17th century philosopher scientist, was the first to use the word cell to describe a basic unit of life. He was born july 18, 1635 in freshwater, isle of wight, england, and died on march 3, 1703 in london, england at age 67. Robert hooke frs isle of wight, 18 july 1635 london, 3 march 1703 was an english naturalist, architect and polymath. Robert hooke 16351703 was, by all accounts, a remarkably versatile scientist and a very, very, difficult man.
But perhaps his most notable discovery came in 1665 when he looked at a sliver of cork through a microscope lens and discovered cells. Robert hooke 16351703 robert hooke was a brilliant british experimental and theoretical scientist who lived and worked in london during the seventeenth century. About this time, 1655, having an opportunity of acquainting myself with astronomy by the kindness of dr. He was a colleague of robert boyle and christopher wren, and a rival to isaac newton. Pdf robert hooke e a pesquisa microscopica dos seres vivos. He was the first man to state in general that all matter expands when heated and that air is made up of particles separated from each other by relatively large distances. Robert hooke was a renaissance man a jack of all trades, and a master of many. Fue ayudante del fisico britanico robert boyle a quien ayudo. Robert hooke frs fellow of the royal society was an english scientist, architect and polymath. Robert hooke biography childhood, life achievements.
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