Robert Hooke

A grand tour of Europe had helped to make him "an ingenious architect and wit", in the words of the scientist Robert Hooke.

Baroque architecture in Britain: examples from the era 2011

In 1660, a group of Baconian advocates—including the chemist Robert Boyle, the pioneer of the microscope Robert Hooke and the architect Christopher Wren—formed a society for the advancement of knowledge through observation and experiment.

An Engine of Perpetual Revolution By Alan Hirshfeld 2011

WHAT: His introductory line of hand-embroidered wool rugs, called Micrographia a reference to Robert Hooke's 1665 book of engravings of natural phenomena as seen through the new microscope, encapsulates what Mr. Sardar-Afkhami's clients love most about his work: haute historical references, natural flourishes and impish charms.

Ahmad Sardar-Afkhami, Dream Weaver 2011

And that task fell to the famed British natural philosopher Robert Hooke.

The Origins Of The Word 'Cell' 2010

And that task fell to the famed British natural philosopher Robert Hooke.

The Origins Of The Word 'Cell' 2010

And that task fell to the famed British natural philosopher Robert Hooke.

The Origins Of The Word 'Cell' 2010

You could see cells—Robert Hooke coined the term cell in 1656—but very little happened in medicine for 300 years.

The $1,000 Genome Kevin Davies 2010

And that task fell to the famed British natural philosopher Robert Hooke.

The Origins Of The Word 'Cell' 2010

And that task fell to the famed British natural philosopher Robert Hooke.

The Origins Of The Word 'Cell' 2010

He and his assistant, at the time Robert Hooke, made a J shaped tube and began to make a few measurements, but "were hindered from prosecuting the trial at that time by the casual breaking of the tube."

Sticky Wants to Grab 2009