Robert Hooke: New Studies

Boydell Press, 1989. — 310 p.Robert Hooke — inventor, architect, surveyor of the city of London and man of science — was one of the most brilliant English scientists in the seventeenth century, eclipsed only by Newton. His mechanical genius was surpassed by no one. Yet in many respects he is still an elusive character. This multi-authored volume on different aspects of Hooke yet again illustrates the versatility of the man's genius ably held together by the introduction.Introduction.
Hooke's instruments for astronomy and navigation (by J.A. Bennett).
Robert Hooke and practical optics: Technical support at a scientific frontier (by A.D.C. Simpson).
Robert Hooke's longitude timekeeper (by Michael Wright).
Rhetoric and graphics in Micrographia (by John T. Harwood).
Robert Hooke, the incongruous mechanist (by John Henry).
Robert Hooke and the dynamics of motion in a curved path (by Patri J. Pugliese).
Geological controversy in the seventeenth century: "Hooke vs. Wallis" and its aftermath (by David R. Oldroyd).
Experience and experiment: Robert Hooke, illness and medicine (by Lucinda McCray Beier).
Who was Robert Hooke? (by Steven Shapin).
Hooke's possessions at his death: A hitherto unknown inventory.