num_pages: 482
description: A vivid study of the life and times of seventeenth-century scientist Robert Hooke captures the diverse facets of his life as an astronomer, inventor, anatomist, diarist, and more, examining his contributions in an era in which Hooke's reputation was dramatically overshadowed by those of such contemporaries as Sir Christopher Wren and Sir Isaac Newton. Reprint.
language: English
title: The Forgotten Genius: The Biography Of Robert Hooke 1635-1703
titlecomplete: The Forgotten Genius: The Biography Of Robert Hooke 1635-1703
characters: Robert Hooke
genres: Biography, History, Science, Nonfiction, History Of Science
ratings_count: 78
publisher: MacAdam/Cage