London's Leonardo The life and work of Robert Hooke
A widespread sympathy for a neglected figure of seventeenth-century science is being displaced by something more positive--a mixture of astonishment at the extraordinary range and diversity of his talents, esteem for the originality and acumen of his science, admiration for his administrative capabi...
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245 | 0 | |a London's Leonardo | |
245 | 4 | |b The life and work of Robert Hooke | |
245 | 0 | |c Jim Bennett ... [et al.] | |
260 | |a Oxford | ||
260 | |b Oxford University Press | ||
260 | |c 2003 | ||
300 | |a xii, 224 p. | ||
300 | |b ill. | ||
300 | |c 26 cm | ||
520 | |a A widespread sympathy for a neglected figure of seventeenth-century science is being displaced by something more positive--a mixture of astonishment at the extraordinary range and diversity of his talents, esteem for the originality and acumen of his science, admiration for his administrative capability and civic integrity, and fascination at the energy, emotion, and frailty evident in a life fully engaged with the world of Restoration London. Comparisons with his enemy Newton are giving way to an appreciation of Hooke on his own terms, passionately occupied with experiment, invention, argument, writing, teaching, and earning a living as a scientist in a competitive world | ||
650 | |a Scholars; Science | ||
700 | |a Jim Bennett | ||
980 | |a Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Trà Vinh |