Robert Hooke

Robert Hooke

Introduction

Robert Hooke was one of the most famous scientists of the seventeenth century. He was a great polymath, architect and an English natural philosopher. He was born in the year 1635 in England. The findings and researches of the Robert were surpassed by those of his competitor, Sir Isaac Newton but, no one can deny their significance in the progress of several fields including medicine, biology, astronomy and physics. He did his researches in various fields and introduced the law of electricity. His achievements include the development of Gregorian reflecting telescope. He was considered as one of the greatest ...