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We know Robert Hooke mainly from the law that bears his name, which describes the extension of a spring as a function of the force applied to it. Other than that, Hooke has been almost forgotten. Undeservedly, as this “English Da Vinci” was a great and many-faceted scientist. After the Great Fire of London, he played a prominent role in the reconstruction of the city, not least as an architect.
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Schils, R. (2012). Robert Hooke. In: How James Watt Invented the Copier. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0860-4_2
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