The Curious Life of Robert Hooke
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Published: September 6, 2004
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9780007151752
First sentence: On Saturday, 10 April 1697, a little less than five years before his death, Robert Hooke sat down with 'a small Pocket-Diary', specially purchased for the purpose, to write his autobiography: