Robert Hookes Contributions To Mechanics

Author : F. F. Centore
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9401750742
Total Pages : 147 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Robert Hooke’s Contributions to Mechanics written by F. F. Centore and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-11-21 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the history of science and philosophy and the philosophy of nature the name Robert Hooke has been largely ignored. H he is occasionally men tioned. it is usually in one of two ways: either he is briefly referred to in passing. or. he is viewed through the eyes of some later giant in the history of science and philosophy such as Sir Isaac Newton. Both approaches. however, do Hooke an injustice. In the academic world of today. there is no scholarly study available of Hooke's actual place in the history of science and philosophy with respect to his doctrines and accomplishments within the area of mechanics. Such a situation constitutes an unfortunate lacuna in the academic life of the world in our time. It is the more unfortunate because. in his time. Robert Hooke played an important role in the intellectual life of his world. Hooke. a contemporary of Boyle and Newton. lived from 1635 to 1703. For most of his active intellectual life he held the position of Curator of Experiments to the Royal Society of London. As a result of his own initi ative and of directives given him by other members of the Society. Hooke performed hundreds of experiments designed to explore the secrets of na ture so that men might better understand God's creation. In this treatise I will disengage from the large disorganized welter of monographs and trea tises left by Hooke all the material pertinent to the science of mechanics.

Author : Floyd F. Centore
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 135 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Robert Hooke's Contributions to Mechanics written by Floyd F. Centore and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert Hooke
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 394 pages
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Download or read book Micrographia written by Robert Hooke and published by . This book was released on 1665 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Michael Hunter
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351902806
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Robert Hooke written by Michael Hunter and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-03-02 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert Hooke (1635-1703) was a genius whose wide-ranging achievements are at last receiving the recognition that they deserve. Long overshadowed by such eminent contemporaries as Sir Isaac Newton and Sir Christopher Wren, Hooke's own seminal contributions to science, architecture and technology are now being acclaimed in their own right. Curator of Experiments to the Royal Society when it was chartered in 1662 and author of the famous Micrographia (1665), Hooke also showed unparalleled ingenuity in designing machines and instruments, and played a crucial role as Surveyor to the City of London after the Great Fire. This volume represents a benchmark in the study of Hooke, bringing together a comprehensive set of studies of different aspects of his life, thought and artistry. Its sections deal with Hooke's life and reputation; his contributions to celestial mechanics and astronomy, and to speculative natural philosophy; the instruments that he designed; and his work in architecture and construction. The introduction places the studies in the context of our current understanding of Hooke and his milieu, while the book also contains a comprehensive bibliography. In all, it will be an invaluable resource for all those interested in a figure whose complexity and importance are becoming clear after centuries of neglect.

Author : Stephen Inwood
Publisher : MacAdam/Cage Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781596921153
Total Pages : 534 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Forgotten Genius written by Stephen Inwood and published by MacAdam/Cage Publishing. This book was released on 2005-05-03 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Inwood's biography of this forgotten scientist, Robert Hooke and his world are vividly recreated with all their contradictions, successes, and failures. The Forgotten Genius is an absorbing and compelling study of this unduly overlooked man.

Author : Robert D. Purrington
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3034600372
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The First Professional Scientist written by Robert D. Purrington and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-09-29 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A contemporary of Christopher Wren, Robert Boyle, and Isaac Newton, and close friend of all but Newton, Robert Hooke (1635-1703), one of the founders of the early scientific revolution, faded into almost complete obscurity after his death and remained there for nearly three centuries. The result has been that his role in the scientific revolution has been almost totally ignored. He was the first professional scientist worthy of the name, working for the young Royal Society of London as its curator of experiments for four decades. He became the Society’s intellectual center, and for a while its Secretary, roles which led to confrontation with Newton. He made important contributions to pneumatics, mechanics, microscopy, astronomy, and geology, and was partner to Wren in rebuilding London after the Fire.

Author : Nicolae Sfetcu
Publisher : MultiMedia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 6060332064
Total Pages : 14 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Isaac Newton vs. Robert Hooke on the law of universal gravitation written by Nicolae Sfetcu and published by MultiMedia Publishing. This book was released on 2019-03-08 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most disputed controversy over the priority of scientific discoveries is that of the law of universal gravitation, between Isaac Newton and Robert Hooke. Hooke accused Newton of plagiarism, of taking over his ideas expressed in previous works. In this paper I try to show, on the basis of previous analysis, that both scientists were wrong: Robert Hooke because his theory was basically only ideas that would never have materialized without Isaac Newton's mathematical support; and the latter was wrong by not recognizing Hooke's ideas in drawing up the theory of gravity. Moreover, after Hooke's death and taking over the Royal Society presidency, Newton removed from the institution any trace of the former president Robert Hooke. For this, I detail the accusations and arguments of each of the parts, and how this dispute was perceived by the contemporaries of the two scientists. I finish the paper with the conclusions drawn from the contents. Keywords: Isaac Newton, Robert Hooke, law of gravity, priority, plagiarism CONTENTS Abstract Introduction Robert Hooke's contribution to the law of universal gravitation Isaac Newton's contribution to the law of universal gravitation Robert Hooke's claim of his priority on the law of universal gravitation Newton's defense The controversy in the opinion of other contemporary scientists What the supporters of Isaac Newton say What the supporters of Robert Hooke say Conclusions Bibliography DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.19370.26567

Author : Paul Welberry Kent
Publisher : Gracewing Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780852445877
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Robert Hooke and the English Renaissance written by Paul Welberry Kent and published by Gracewing Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This volume pays tribute to Hooke's considerable achievements in a range of scientific endeavours, and shows how he was to influence science and scientists in the centuries that followed with inventions that are still of importance today."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Francesco G. Sacco
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783030444525
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.2X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Real, Mechanical, Experimental written by Francesco G. Sacco and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This original work contains the first detailed account of the natural philosophy of Robert Hooke (1635-1703), leading figure of the early Royal Society. From celestial mechanics to microscopy, from optics to geology and biology, Hooke's contributions to the Scientific Revolution proved decisive. Focusing separately on partial aspects of Hooke's works, scholars have hitherto failed to see the unifying idea of the natural philosophy underlying them. Some of his unpublished papers have passed almost unnoticed. Hooke pursued the foundation of a real, mechanical and experimental philosophy, and this book is an attempt to reconstruct it. The book includes a selection of Hooke's unpublished papers. Readers will discover a study of the new science through the works of one of the most known protagonists. Challenging the current views on the scientific life of restoration England, this book sheds new light on the circulation of Baconian ideals and the mechanical philosophy in the early Royal Society. This book is a must-read to anybody interested in Hooke, early modern science or Restoration history.

Author : Michael Hunter
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1351902814
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Robert Hooke written by Michael Hunter and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-03-02 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert Hooke (1635-1703) was a genius whose wide-ranging achievements are at last receiving the recognition that they deserve. Long overshadowed by such eminent contemporaries as Sir Isaac Newton and Sir Christopher Wren, Hooke's own seminal contributions to science, architecture and technology are now being acclaimed in their own right. Curator of Experiments to the Royal Society when it was chartered in 1662 and author of the famous Micrographia (1665), Hooke also showed unparalleled ingenuity in designing machines and instruments, and played a crucial role as Surveyor to the City of London after the Great Fire. This volume represents a benchmark in the study of Hooke, bringing together a comprehensive set of studies of different aspects of his life, thought and artistry. Its sections deal with Hooke's life and reputation; his contributions to celestial mechanics and astronomy, and to speculative natural philosophy; the instruments that he designed; and his work in architecture and construction. The introduction places the studies in the context of our current understanding of Hooke and his milieu, while the book also contains a comprehensive bibliography. In all, it will be an invaluable resource for all those interested in a figure whose complexity and importance are becoming clear after centuries of neglect.