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The first professional scientist : Robert Hooke and the Royal Society of London by Purrington, Robert D.

Contents: “…Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Restoring Robert Hooke -- Robert Hooke: Indefaticable Genius: Hooke and London -- Promoting Physico-Mathematical-Experimental Learning: Founding the Royal Society of London -- Society of the Muses: The First Decade -- Crisis and Consolidation: 1672-1687 -- The Society after the Principia: 1688-1703 -- Scientific Virtuoso: Hooke 1655-1687 -- And All Was Light: Hooke and Newton on Light and Color -- The Nature of Things Themselves: Robert Hooke, Natural Philosopher -- The System of the World: Hooke and Universal Gravitation, the Inverse-Square Law, and Planetary Orbits -- The Omnipotence of the Creator: Robert Hooke, Astronomer -- The Last Remain: Hooke after the Principia, 1687-1703.…”
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