Purrington The First Professional Scientist

Robert Hooke and the Royal Society of London
2009
ISBN: 978-3-0346-0037-8
Verlag: Birkhäuser Basel
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, Band 39, 283 Seiten

Reihe: Science Networks. Historical Studies

A contemporary of Christopher Wren, Robert Boyle, and Isaac Newton, and close friend of all but Newton, Robert Hooke (1635-1703), one of the founders of the early scientific revolution, faded into almost complete obscurity after his death and remained there for nearly three centuries. The result has been that his role in the scientific revolution has been almost totally ignored. He was the first professional scientist worthy of the name, working for the young Royal Society of London as its curator of experiments for four decades. He became the Society's intellectual center, and for a while its Secretary, roles which led to confrontation with Newton. He made important contributions to pneumatics, mechanics, microscopy, astronomy, and geology, and was partner to Wren in rebuilding London after the Fire.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Purrington, Robert D.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Contents;7
2;Acknowledgments;10
3;Preface;11
3.1;Annotations;16
4;Restoring Robert Hooke;18
4.1;Hooke and London;21
4.2;Annotations;25
5;Robert Hooke, Indefaticable Genius1): Hooke and London;29
5.1;The Diary;34
5.2;Hooke and Wren;38
5.3;Conclusion;40
5.4;Annotations;41
6;Promoting Physico-Mathematical-Experimental Learning: Founding the Royal Society of London;48
6.1;Annotations;54
7;Society of the Muses: The First Decade;59
7.1;Focused Energies: The Laws of Motion;67
7.2;Concluding the First Decade;70
7.3;Annotations;72
8;Crisis and Consolidation: 1672–1687;79
8.1;Annotations;83
9;The Society After the Principia: 1688– 1703;86
9.1;Annotations;90
10;Scientific Virtuoso: Hooke 1655–1687;94
10.1;First Discoveries;94
10.2;Hooke and the Royal Society, 1662–1677;97
10.3;Hooke and Oldenburg, 1675–1677;104
10.4;Hooke and the Society after Oldenburg; 1677–1687;11110.5;Restless Genius:” Hooke as Scientist114
10.6;The Hooke Folio, 2006;127
10.7;Conclusion:;128
10.8;Annotations;131
11;And All Was Light: Hooke and Newton on Light and Color;147
11.1;Hooke’s Theory of Light;149
11.2;Newton’s Theory;151
11.3;Debate after 1672;152
11.4;Annotations;156
12;The Nature of Things Themselves: Robert Hooke, Natural Philosopher;161
12.1;Introduction;161
12.2;Hooke’s Natural Philosophy;162
12.3;Light; Matter, and Motion165
12.4;Natural Philosophy and Newton;169
12.5;Conclusion;171
12.6;Annotations;172
13;The System of the World: Hooke and Universal Gravitation, the Inverse-square Law, and Planetary Orbits;176
13.1;Introduction: Hooke and Planetary Dynamics;176
13.2;Halley and Newton;182
13.3;Huygens;184
13.4;Hooke and Universal Gravitation;185
13.5;Hooke and Newton, 1679;188
13.6;Hooke’s Laws of Circular Motion”;193
13.7;Newton, Gravitation, and the Kepler Problem, 1665–1987;198
13.8;Conclusion;200
13.9;Annotations;201
14;The Omnipotence of the Creator: Robert Hooke, Astronomer;214
14.1;Telescopes and Optics;216
14.2;Hooke As An Observer;218
14.3;Comets;225
14.4;Stellar Parallax;227
14.5;Conclusion;231
14.6;Annotations;231
15;The Last Remain: Hooke After the Principia, 1687–1703;237
15.1;Introduction;237
15.2;Hooke and Newton;239
15.3;1687–1703;241
15.4;Annotations;247
16;Epilogue;251
16.1;Introduction;251
16.2;Legacy;253
16.3;Conclusion;257
16.4;Annotations;258
17;Bibliography;261
18;Index;275