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The curious life of Robert Hooke, the man who measured London, Lisa Jardine

Label
The curious life of Robert Hooke, the man who measured London, Lisa Jardine
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-414) and index
resource.biographical
individual biography
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The curious life of Robert Hooke
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
53276386
Responsibility statement
Lisa Jardine
Sub title
the man who measured London
Summary
Traces the career of the seventeenth-century Chief Surveyor, noting his work for London's rebuilding after the fire of 1666, his role in the emergence of modern science, and his place in the scientific revolution of the period
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