The Curious Life of Robert Hooke: The Man Who Measured London by Lisa Jardine

The Curious Life of Robert Hooke: The Man Who Measured London

Lisa Jardine

422 pages first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction biography history science informative slow-paced
Powered by AI (Beta)
Loading...

Description

The brilliant, largely forgotten maverick Robert Hooke was an engineer, surveyor, architect, and inventor who worked tirelessly with his intimate friend Christopher Wren to rebuild London after the Great Fire of 1666.He was the first Curator of Ex...

Read more

Community Reviews Summary of 10 reviews

Average rating

3.3

See all reviews...

Content Warnings

This book doesn't have any content warnings yet!

If you're the author of this book and want to add author-approved content warnings, please email us at [email protected] to request the content warning form.