Lisa Jardine: "The Curious Life of Robert Hooke" (HarperCollins)

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Lisa Jardine: "The Curious Life of Robert Hooke" (HarperCollins)

Author Lisa Jardine talks about Robert Hook, a man she describes as a "a founding figure in the European scientific revolution," and explains why he hasn't gotten credit for his accomplishments like his contemporaries, Sir Isaac...

Author Lisa Jardine talks about Robert Hook, a man she describes as a "a founding figure in the European scientific revolution," and explains why he hasn't gotten credit for his accomplishments like his contemporaries, Sir Isaac Newton and Sir Christopher Wren.

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Lisa Jardine

Renaissance historian and author

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