Robert Hooke

Dès le début du XVIIe siècle, des tentatives d’observations microscopiques ont été faites, mais de manière si timide et parcellaire qu’aucune science nouvelle n’avait germé. L’ouvrage de Robert Hooke, Micrographie, publié en 1665, marque une borne... Lire la suite

Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of Micrographia. This is a new and freshly published edition of this culturally important work by Robert Hooke, which is now, at last, again available to you. Enjoy this classic... Lire la suite

Published in 1971: This book represents the Posthumous works of the author, as well as lectures on Philosophy, Astronomy, and Science.

Micrographia is a historic book by Robert Hooke, detailing the then thirty-year-old Hooke's observations through various lenses. Published in September 1665, the first major publication of the Royal Society, it was the first scientific best-seller,... Lire la suite

In 'Micrographia', Robert Hooke embarks on a groundbreaking exploration of the microscopic world, unveiling the previously invisible intricacies of nature through meticulous observation and detailed illustrations. This seminal work, published in... Lire la suite

Do here most humbly lay this small Present at Your Majesties Royal feet. And though it comes accompany'd with two disadvantages, the meanness of the Author, and of the Subject; yet in both I am incouraged by the greatness of your Mercy and your... Lire la suite

Micrographia by Robert Hooke.

Shortly after Hooke died in 1703, his miscellaneous papers and unpublished manuscripts were entrusted to Richard Waller, who edited and published some of them in a volume titled The Posthumous Works of Robert Hooke (1705; reprinted, Frank Cass, 1968... Lire la suite

Robert Hooke's "Micrographia," published in 1665, is a groundbreaking exploration of the microscopic world that transformed the field of natural philosophy. Through meticulous observations and intricate illustrations, Hooke unveils the previously... Lire la suite

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This book shows how statistical reasoning affects all aspects of our lives. It touches on drug testing, discrimination, sports, political polls, compulsive gambling, gun detectors, cancer research, crime and punishment, opinion surveys, advertising,... Lire la suite

Micrographia (1665) opens a vast new world by recording, in crystalline prose and sumptuous copperplates, the textures and structures of minute bodies—flea and louse, bee-sting and feather, mold, needle point, and the honeycombed cork in which Hooke... Lire la suite