The Curious Life of Robert Hooke pdf

丽莎·安妮·布朗诺夫斯基（怡和）是英国近代早期的历史学家。 从 1990 年到 2011 年，她担任伦敦大学玛丽皇后学院文艺复兴研究百年教授和编辑生活与书信中心主任。 自 2008 年以来，她担任人类受精和胚胎学管理局 (HFEA) 主席] 她曾是皇家学会理事会成员，但于 2009 年 9 月辞去该职位。2012 年 9 月 1 日，她与她的研究中心及其工作人员一起搬迁 到伦敦大学学院 (UCL) 成为其人文学科跨学科研究中心的第一任主任。

The Curious Life of Robert Hooke pdf 丽莎渣甸

"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.