ROBERT HOOKE, THE ROYAL SOCIETY, AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURY SCIENCE

Information on Hooke, Newton, Boyle, Wren, Huygens, Wallis, and other important figures in 17th-century science will appear here, with links to other sites.

Robert Hooke, "Restless Genius."

In this space, I will try to post an update of the Hooke bibliography printed in Hunter's Hooke Studies (1987), and much more.

We are approaching the 300th anniversary of Hooke's death, on March 3, 1703 (OS). Expect a flury of Hookiana....?

Hooke

Hooke

Hooke

Hooke

Hooke

Some Brouncker sources:

Brouncker

Brouncker

Notes and Records of the Royal Society

Some Wallis sites

Wallis

Wallis

Wallis

Wallis

Wallis

Wallis

Some Boyle sites, principally the Boyle Project (Hunter, et al) at Birbeck College

Boyle

Boyle

Boyle

Christopher Wren:

Wren

Wren

Link to Newton sites on Yahoo:

Newton