But beginning in the 17th century, a new era of scientific inquiry and discovery began to reveal ... (later applied to all gases). 1671: Robert Hooke creates the first decompression chamber.

Earlier in the year, he had entered into a lively conversation with scientist Robert Hooke and Sir Christopher ... And while Newton was unable to discover the true cause of gravity itself, a ...

Robert Hooke studied the uniaxial force required to extend springs and long straight wires and found it to be proportional to the extension of the device under test. He stated his observation as "Ut ...

It is almost obligatory for a review of a book about Robert Hooke to characterise him as ‘overlooked’ or even ‘forgotten’, and to complain of his eclipse by Newton. The most melodramatic authors will ...

(English scientist Robert Hooke might've discovered it a year earlier, in 1664, but I digress.) Though astronomers mysteriously lost track of the spot for centuries, we've always thought that the ...

Micrographia: or some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses with observations and Inquiries thereupon, By Robert hooke, Fellow of the Royal Society, 1665. Engraving is ...

Visit this fascinating exhibition, on display until 27 March, and learn more about: Discover Robert Hooke's diary and papers on display and learn more about this polymath who worked with Wren to ...