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n. - English scientist who formulated the law of elasticity, proposed a wave theory of light, formulated a theory of planetary motion, and proposed the inverse square law of gravitational attraction;

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  • Check out the advertisement for Captain Hooke Silver, Attorney at Law.
  • Robert Hooke is one of the most neglected natural philosophers of all time.
  • Last name Hooke, first name Robert Took cork cells, and thought it was something to play with
  • For Boyle and Hooke, that is, a world without laws is not only possible, our world was such a world for a time.
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