Robert Hooke (1635-1703) is best known for his depiction of a flea as seen through his microscope, made scary through magnification: almost all body and little head, a giant apparatus for storing ...

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OF all the scientific worthies of the seventeenth century, none will be remembered longer than Robert Hooke, whose views and activities influenced the progress of scientific thought and practical ...