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Hooke's Books: Books That Influenced or Were Influenced by Robert Hooke's Micrographia view detail comment email this

This online exhibition features the work of Robert Hooke (1653-1703), a pioneer in microscopy. He was an artist, biologist, physicist, architect, and inventor, who is best known for his 1655 "Micrographia," an "exquisitely illustrated introduction to the previously unknown microscopic world." Features images of pages from this work and others, including by Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723), "Hooke's greatest student, rival, and successor." From the National Library of Medicine (NLM).
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/hooke/
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Last updated Sep 11, 2008




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