Robert Hooke and the English renaissance / edited by Paul Kent and Allan Chapman
2005, 1st edition. Leominster, Herefordshire : Gracewing. Previous owner's signature. Very good copy in the colour-printed boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Bumped corners. Some light foxing to prelims. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #335640
ISBN: 0852445873
Physical description: x, 191 pages: illustrations, portraits. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: Robert Hooke: London's Leonardo / Edward C. Hambly -- Robert Hooke: the man and his ideas / Allan Chapman -- Hooke's early life at Oxford / Paul W. Kent -- Hooke and the Royal Society / John Enderby -- Hooke's concepts of the earth in space / Ellen Tan Drake -- Hooke's telescopic observations of solar system bodies / Allan Chapman -- The impact of Hooke's Micrographia and its influence on microscopy / Gerard L'E. Turner -- Springs, and Hooke's mechanical genius / Allan A. Mills -- The civic virtue of Robert Hooke / Michael A.R. Cooper. Subjects: Hooke, Robert 1635-1703. Science England History 17th century. Science history. Architects England London; Biography. Scientists Great Britain; Biography. Genre: Bibliography. Biography. History. Illustrated.
Price: €18.95