WebHis parents were John Hooke, a clergyman, and Cecily Gyles. He was the youngest of their four children. For most his childhood, and indeed his whole life, Robert Hooke’s health … WebHer father, Robert Giles, a merchant from Brading, had at least four children: Richard, Constance, Thomas and Cecillie. Cecillie married John Hooke senior in Brading. Her brother, Thomas, married a Jane Greenwoode and …

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WebSep 9, 2024 · Hooke claimed in 1684 that he could mathematically demonstrate what’s known as Kepler’s first law, which Newton published in his famous “Principia Mathematica” (1687). WebSep 22, 2024 · Telescope at Gresham College, by Robert Hooke, 1664 . You can’t write a musical about Hooke without Newton, and I wanted to strike a balance and present both sides of the story. Because Newton is an outcast for much of the show, disengaged from the wider scientific community, I opted for a more classical, string-based sound to … pick up the pacifier with the paperclip

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WebJul 30, 2024 · Robert Hooke never married and spent most of his life in his birthplace (the Isle of Wight), in Oxford, and in London during his adulthood. He died in London on March … WebHis father was a basket-maker, while his mother's family were brewers. Antony was educated as a child in a school in the town of Warmond, then lived with his uncle at Benthuizen; in 1648 he was apprenticed in a linen-draper's shop. Around 1654 he returned to Delft, where he spent the rest of his life. WebEnglish physicist Robert Hooke is known for his discovery of the law of elasticity (Hooke’s law), for his first use of the word cell in the sense of a basic unit of organisms (describing … pick up the money