London's Leonardo: The Life and Work of Robert Hooke

by Michael Cooper, Jim Bennett, Michael Hunter, et al.

Book Overview

A widespread sympathy for a neglected figure of seventeenth-century science is being displaced by something more positive--a mixture of astonishment at the extraordinary range and diversity of his talents, esteem for the originality and acumen of his science, admiration for his administrative capability and civic integrity, and fascination at the energy, emotion, and frailty evident in a life fully engaged with the world of Restoration London. Comparisons...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198525796
• ISBN13: 9780198525790
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.7" x 9.9"