The Curious Life of Robert Hooke
Subtitle: The Man Who Measured London
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: January 18, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 464
ISBN-13: 9780060538989
Subjects: Great Britain; Scholars; Europe - Great Britain - General; Biography & Autobiography; Scientists; Biography / Autobiography; Hooke, Robert,; Biography/Autobiography; History; General; Scientists - General; Biography & Autobiography / General; Biography; Science; 1635-1703; 17th century
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: