ROBERT HOOKE

                 So, who was Robert Hooke?

 

Robert Hooke (1635-1703), was a prominent scientist who made history by being the very first to observe microorganisms (Gest 44). Hooke, unsurprisingly, was raised during the reign of the significant Scientific Revolution, a time period in which Europeans had just begun to grasp onto a more clearer scientific understanding of the revolution itself (Inwood 2). Furthermore, the influences that he was raised upon contributed to his early origins of scientific interest and curiosity. As secretary of the Royal Society (Folio 44), Robert Hooke devoted his life to scientific discovery and was led by his own curious intuitions. Motivated by his own mechanical, mathematical, and artistic talents, he eventually grew into a very intelligent philosopher and scientific leader (Inwood 1). Hooke greatly contributed to astronomy using his knowledge of planetary motion, and even described these physical concepts to Isaac Newton (Nauenberg 13). Educated at London’s best school, Robert Hooke was the scientist who officially discovered how to fly (Inwood 1). Accordingly, Robert Hooke impacted scientific research globally by publishing Micrographia, in which he acknowledged the existence of cells by a simple examination of a cork’s structure (Westfall 12). Thus, Hooke was a revolutionary scientist who influenced the birth of European science as well as shaped a path for modern scientific theory and discovery today.