The Curious Life of Robert Hooke पीडीएफ

लिसा ऐनी ब्रोनोव्स्की (जार्डिन) प्रारंभिक आधुनिक काल की एक ब्रिटिश इतिहासकार थीं। 1990 से 2011 तक वह लंदन विश्वविद्यालय के क्वीन मैरी में पुनर्जागरण अध्ययन के शताब्दी प्रोफेसर और सेंटर फॉर एडिटिंग लाइव्स एंड लेटर्स की निदेशक थीं। 2008 से वह ह्यूमन फर्टिलाइजेशन एंड एम्ब्रियोलॉजी अथॉरिटी (HFEA) की अध्यक्ष थीं] वह रॉयल इंस्टीट्यूशन की परिषद की सदस्य थीं, लेकिन सितंबर 2009 में उस पद से इस्तीफा दे दिया। 1 सितंबर 2012 को, वह अपने शोध केंद्र और उसके कर्मचारियों के साथ स्थानांतरित हो गईं। यूनिवर्सिटी कॉलेज लंदन (यूसीएल) को मानविकी में अंतःविषय अनुसंधान केंद्र के पहले निदेशक बनने के लिए।

The Curious Life of Robert Hooke पीडीएफ लिसा जार्डिन

"Fascinating. . . . Jardine takes a complex view, according Hooke with the respect and dignity that eluded him for so long. . . [and] with this compelling and empathetic portrait, she succeeds in making a convincing case for his place in history. . . [as] a founding father in Europe's scientific revolution." -- Los Angeles Times The brilliant, largely forgotten maverick Robert Hooke was an engineer, surveyor, architect, and inventor who worked tirelessly with his intimate friend Christopher Wren to rebuild London after the Great Fire of 1666. He was the first Curator of Experiments at the Royal Society, and his engravings of natural phenomena seen under the new microscope appeared in his masterpiece, the acclaimed Micrographia, one of the most influential volumes of the day. But Hooke's irascible temper and his passionate idealism proved fatal for his relationships with important political figures, most notably Sir Isaac Newton: their quarrel is legendary. As a result, historical greatness eluded Robert Hooke. Eminent historian Lisa Jardine does this original thinker of indefatigable curiosity and imagination justice and allows him to take his place as a major figure in the seventeenth century intellectual and scientific revolution.