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Hooke: biography by John Sutton |
 | | Hooke’s disputes with Newton over light, mechanics, and the theory of planetary motion, in particular, have dominated assessments of his place in the history of science. |
| | Contrasts are often drawn between the singleminded genius and the dispersed interests of the technician: ‘Hooke never achieved the highest status as a scientist, since he was not a theorist but a practitioner, who had not advanced far in mathematics, and tended to work by intuitive understanding rather than sustained thought’ (Vickers 1987, pp.99-100). |
| | The microscope supported the central claim of the mechanical philosophers that the subvisible world was composed of textured parts like those in the macroscopic realm. |
| www.phil.mq.edu.au /staff/jsutton/Hooke.htm (1004 words) |
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