The Curious Life of Robert Hooke

The Curious Life of Robert Hooke
Title The Curious Life of Robert Hooke PDF eBook
Author Lisa Jardine
Publisher HarperCollins UK
Pages 450
Release 2004
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 0007151756

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A biography of a largely forgotten, maverick - a major figure in the 17th century cultural and scientific revolutions. Lisa Jardine places Robert Hooke in the historical and intellectual context of his time, she examines his vast width of interests, achievements and his many influential friends.

The Forgotten Genius

The Forgotten Genius
Title The Forgotten Genius PDF eBook
Author Stephen Inwood
Publisher MacAdam/Cage Publishing
Pages 534
Release 2005-05-03
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 9781596921153

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In Inwood's biography of this forgotten scientist, Robert Hooke and his world are vividly recreated with all their contradictions, successes, and failures. The Forgotten Genius is an absorbing and compelling study of this unduly overlooked man.

Micrographia

Micrographia
Title Micrographia PDF eBook
Author Robert Hooke
Publisher Good Press
Pages 369
Release 2019-11-20
Genre History
ISBN

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"Micrographia" by Robert Hooke. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Curiosity

Curiosity
Title Curiosity PDF eBook
Author Philip Ball
Publisher University of Chicago Press
Pages 474
Release 2013-04-03
Genre History
ISBN 022604579X

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Originally published by Bodley Head, 2012.

Out of the Shadow of a Giant

Out of the Shadow of a Giant
Title Out of the Shadow of a Giant PDF eBook
Author John Gribbin
Publisher Yale University Press
Pages 389
Release 2017-10-24
Genre Science
ISBN 0300231547

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The authors of Ice Age “present a well-documented argument that [Newton] owed more to the ideas of others than he admitted” (Kirkus Reviews). Robert Hooke and Edmond Halley, whose place in history has been overshadowed by the giant figure of Newton, were pioneering scientists within their own right, and instrumental in establishing the Royal Society. Although Newton is widely regarded as one of the greatest scientists of all time and the father of the English scientific revolution, John and Mary Gribbin uncover the fascinating story of Robert Hooke and Edmond Halley, whose scientific achievements neatly embrace the hundred years or so during which science as we know it became established. They argue persuasively that, even without Newton, science would have made a great leap forward in the second half of the seventeenth century, headed by two extraordinary figures, Hooke and Halley. “Science readers will thank the Gribbins for restoring Hooke and Halley to the prominence that they deserve.”—Publishers Weekly “Engaging . . . They offer proof that Hooke was an important scientist in his own right, and often had physical insights that were borrowed (usually without acknowledgement) by Newton.”—Choice

The Skeleton Cupboard: The Making of a Clinical Psychologist

The Skeleton Cupboard: The Making of a Clinical Psychologist
Title The Skeleton Cupboard: The Making of a Clinical Psychologist PDF eBook
Author Tanya Byron
Publisher Macmillan
Pages 320
Release 2015-04-07
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 1250052653

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"Recounts the patient stories that most influenced Professor Tanya Byron, covering years of training that forced her to confront the harsh realities of the lives of her patients and the demons of her own family's history. Among others, we meet Ray, a violent sociopath desperate to be treated with tenderness and compassion; Mollie, a talented teenager intent on starving herself; and Imogen, a twelve-year-old so haunted by a secret that she's intent on killing herself. Byron brings the reader along as she uncovers the reasons each of these individuals behave the way they do, resulting in a ... psychological mystery that sheds light on mental illness and what its treatment tells us about ourselves"--

The Life of Isaac Newton

The Life of Isaac Newton
Title The Life of Isaac Newton PDF eBook
Author Richard S. Westfall
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 353
Release 2015-09-29
Genre Science
ISBN 1316453952

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Isaac Newton was indisputably one of the greatest scientists in history. His achievements in mathematics and physics marked the culmination of the movement that brought modern science into being. Richard Westfall's biography captures in engaging detail both his private life and scientific career, presenting a complex picture of Newton the man, and as scientist, philosopher, theologian, alchemist, public figure, President of the Royal Society, and Warden of the Royal Mint. An abridged version of his magisterial study Never at Rest (Cambridge, 1980), this concise biography makes Westfall's highly acclaimed portrait of Newton newly accessible to general readers.