1 / 13

Robert Hooke

Robert Hooke. Victim of Politics!. Robert Hooke. Where is the Portrait??. Some Basic Life Facts:. 1635 Born in Freshwater on the Isle of Wight At the age of six was scarred from small pox Father hung himself when Hooke was 13 Thus he became an artist’s apprentice

nantai
Download Presentation

Robert Hooke

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Robert Hooke Victim of Politics!

  2. Robert Hooke • Where is the Portrait??

  3. Some Basic Life Facts: • 1635 Born in Freshwater on the Isle of Wight • At the age of six was scarred from small pox • Father hung himself when Hooke was 13 • Thus he became an artist’s apprentice • Was then accepted to Westminster School • Never married although he did live with his niece for quite some time in his later years

  4. Physical Facts • He was a small man • Badly disfigured from small pox • In later years his back curved giving him the appearance of constantly being hunched over, and this caused him much pain

  5. Professional Facts • 1653- Entered Oxford as a chemical assistant on a scholarship • 1658 – Became the paid assistant of Robert Boyle • 1662- Became the Curator of Exp. For the Royal Society- became a fellow in 1663 • 1665-Prof. of Geometry at Gresham College, • 1666-Rebuilt much of London, designing many of the buildings • 1677- Becomes Secretary of the Royal Society

  6. Contributions to Biology • In 1665, he published “Micrographia” • Micrographia was a look at small objects by using a specially designed (30x) compound microscope of his own design. • He coined the term cells • His book sparked the interest of many people.

  7. Contributions to Astronomy • In 1666, published “Cometa” about the nature of comets • Newton read it and it is said that it sparked his interest… for now • He was unable to determine what path the comet he was observing would take, Although he did know of the relationship between Mass and distance and gravity • Collected a lot of data on comets from a variety of astronomers

  8. C to A cont. • Formulated and demonstrated the elliptical path of planets by treating the paths as a mechanics problem • Discovered the Red Spot on Jupiter and determined that the planet was rotating.

  9. Contributions to Physics and Technology And yet still we can’t find the portrait!!

  10. Invented the Universal Joint (??) • Invented the first respirator • Discovered the law of elasticity (F=-kx) • First to realize the wave properties of light • Invented the diving bell • Established thermo-metric zero • Contributed greatly to watch technology • Founded the field of Meteorology • And many other things there just isn’t enough time for except…

  11. Contributions to Paleontology • 250 years before Darwin, he realized the true nature of fossils by studying them with his microscope • At the time many people thought that the earth had natural shaping properties that created fossils and that they had nothing to due with previous life

  12. So where is that Portrait?! • In 1672, Hooke had a major dispute with Newton over his prism ideas • Newton refused to acknowledge Hooke’s contributions to the Principia • Newton held more poltical weight and after Hooke’s death, it is rumored that he had the “dwarf’s” portrait removed!!!

  13. Hooke was one of the hardest working and most prolific scientists of day • He had never received the credit he deserved due to bad politics and people’s willingness to bow to Newton’s temper tantrums • Without Hooke we wouldn’t be able to blame the weathermen for bad weather!!!!

More Related